Payeign American territory. The adminis- ment for all claims upheld against the trations second action is little more Iranian Government would first be than a ratification of reality. drawn from the unconfiscated portion Third. the administration an-. of the frozen funds. Only after all nounced that visas would not be issued those funds were exhausted would the or renewed for Iranian nationals special account in the Treasury be except in rare cases. No official ration- tapped. ale was given for this action. although Those are the four points of this legthere have been reports of fears that islation. Iranian terrorists might try to come to I would like to point out that the this country on visas issued by those freeze on Iranian assets that was im. holding the Embassy compound who posed November 14. 1979. has had the have access to visa forms and stamps. effect of saving the Iranian GovernSince our Embassy was seized. about ment from its own incompetent eco14.000 Iranians have entered this nomic policies. Iran was planning to country. Most are fleeing the revolu- remove all its assets from American tionary regime and half are estimated banks and convert them to nondollar to be minorities such as Jews.
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