Speech #940054428

I rise to express my deep pride in the role which our island is playing in the great humanitarian effort to rescue the thousands of South Vietnamese from almost certain death. As possibly the whole civilized world knows. Guam has played host in the past weeks to thousands of South Vietnamese refugees. At present. there are over 40.000 refugees on the island although they are rapidly being processed to move on to other areas. It is anticipated that thousands more will be arriving there in the near future. In the midst of the confusion and endless work surrounding the processing of the refugees. Ambassador L. Dean Brown must be commended.