PETRI for focusing on the important point of what. to far too many people. is just another news story. The complete text of Mr. PETRIS weekly report for April 23. 1980. follows below: WEEKLY REPORT FROM CONGREssMAN ToM PETRI The first wave of Cubans seeking asylum from Castros Communist rule were airlifted out of Havana last week. The remarkable story of this mass exodus to freedom began the week of April 4 when officials at the Peruvian embassy in Havana opened the embassy gates to admit refugees fleeing Cuba. Almost immediately. the grounds were jammed with some ten thousand people who left everything behind for a chance to go to Peru. Some ten thousand people suddenly presented an opportunity to flee their country.
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