Government. In fact. I along with several of my colleagues. wrote to President Carter on June 28 of this year requesting him to provide immediate humanitarian assistance in the form of an airlift of food and emergency medical supplies to Cambodian refugees. I regret that the administration did not respond to our plea in a more expeditious fashion and. as a result. until 3 weeks ago virtually no food or medical supplies reached Cambodia and since then very little aid has been supplied. I am hopeful that the situation will now be reversed quickly and that other countries of the world will join the United States in responding to the international appeal that has been made to assist these unfortunate refugees. I want to compliment the committee for including provisions designed to insure that the proper monitoring of these supplies so that they reach those populations which are most in need. It is indeed regrettable that the political situation within Cambodia has also worked to impede the delivery of food and medicine to the people of that country.
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