The FordKissinger administration has given little indication of its commitment to human rights. especially in its recent actions. One of this centurys most forthright defenders of human rightsa Nobel Prize winner of international reputationhas been attacked by the American Secretary of State as a threat to the peace. The White House continues to search for ways to eviscerate the EastWest trade and emigration provisions of the Trade Actprovisions whose objectives are repeated in the declarations of the Security Conference itself. Unfortunately. the Soviets need only look at the record of an administration which has remained silent in the face of repeated violations of internationally guaranteed rights to conclude that they have a license to continue business as usual. For if the United States. in its own diplomacy. does not stand up for human rights. there is little prospect that nations whose governments are based on the denial of fundamental rights. will make even a minimal effort to comply with the human rights pronouncements.
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