Mr. Speaker. it is time I have directed a telegram to the Viet- the Members better understanding of we ceased condoning. directly or indi- namese Prime Minister Pham Van this important Southeast Asia refugee dilemma. which confronts the conscience of the world. Communist Vietnam must be brought to the docket of world opinion on this genocide issue without further delay. I am also inserting the text of William Safires New York Times article of July 16. 1979. in todays RECORD to illustrate for Members the need for immediate forceful action to prevent loss of further thousands of lives at sea and in the refugee hellholes on the shores of the South China sea: His Excellency PHAM VAN DoNG. Prime Minister. Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Hanoi. YOUR EXCELLENCY: The callous disregard of your government for the basic survival and wellbeing of the Vietnamese people is the cause of the plight of hundreds of thousands of citizens into homeless. stateless status as refugees in Southeast Asian resettlement camps. Vast numbers of human beings perish in their flight. The barbarous internal conditions confronting Vietnamese peoples escaping from your country require that you at once take steps to behave humanely while ceasing to terrorize and intimidate your people into flight.
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