I hope my colleagues will join the more than 30 sponsors of this resolution in calling on the President of the United States to take the proper action on behalf of this unfortunate American citizen. We ask that the President direct the Secretary of State to bring to the immediate attention of the Soviet Government the deep and growing concern in the United States over Simas Kudtrkas plight. Further. we ask that the Secretary of State be directed to urge the Soviet Government to release Kudirka from prison and permit his free emigration to the country of his choice. one of the basic rights of every American citizen. Finally. we ask that the President forward a copy of this resolution to our representative to the United Nations for transmission to the Commission on Human Rights or the Division of Human Rights of the United Nations. We urge that. during this present spirit of detente. the governments of these two great world powers not overlook the human rights of one illfated man whose entire future is at the mercy of the whims of a government.
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