Bill Dixon. who was at the time our Alternate Executive Director. The funny thing is that after all of this communication. after all of this delay. after all of these statements that there is a freeze on loans to Vietnam through the World Bank. to which we are the largest contributor. the fact is that nobody will confirm thatat least nobody at the World Bank. So I say to the Members that if we do not want American taxpayers dollars going to aid the Government of Vietnam. the very same people who are creating these uncivilized conditions. for which we have spent nearly a billion dollars taking care of the refugees. then vote for this amendment. It simply adds to a prohibition that is already in this bill against any direct aid to those countries mentioned. including Vietnam. It merely adds the words "or indirectly." That means that the money of our American taxpayers. our constituents. will not go to Vietnam. no matter how tragic some of our Members might feel about our relationship with Vietnam.
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