I am referring to the lack of a coordinated effort by the Government to collect food. medical supplies. and other items donated by the people of the United States. and to send them expeditiously to Thailand and Kampuchea. Over the past several weeks. I have been working with a group of people in southern California who have gathered nearly $2 million in essential supplies which have been donated by generous Americans to aid the Southeast Asian refugees. A seemingly endless series of financial. bureaucratic and administrative roadblocks delayed the shipment of this UNICEFapproved relief from leaving Los Angeles. even though that city is a major departure point for government flights to southeast Asia. The irony is that a great deal of our money is being spent on the relief effort.
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