Western countries have so far put up $101.140.000 for relief programs in Cambodia and along the Thai border. As far as we know. the Soviet Union has pledged nothing. Also. the Soviet Union has never contributed to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Japan. to which I give the greatest credit. increased its contribution to the UNHCR Indochina refugee program from 25 to 50 percent. thereby reducing what we are asked to contribute. Here we have pledged in this Chamber alone. over a 2 year period. over $300 million in U.S. contributions to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Obviously. the Soviet Union has great influence. to say the least. over Vietnam and this Heng Samrin regime I urge the Soviet leaders to think a while. It Is not unusual that someone who loosed the flood is. in turn. inundated by it.
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