Mr. President. I want to commend the Foreign Relations Committee for clearly establishing a humanitarian priority in our economic assistance program for Indochina. It is long past due that our aid program recognize that people problems of the areathe needs of refugees. civilian casualties. orphans and others disadvantaged by a decade of warand the reconstruction of civilian facilities. such as housing. hospitals. clinics. and schoolsthese should be the overriding concern and objective of American assistance to the people of Indochina. However. I believe there is a missing element in the bills list of principles governing our economic aid program. This relates to the need to expand and strengthen the role and place of international and voluntary agencies in our humanitarian assistance program for Indochina.
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