President. over the past several months. much has been heard and spoken of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The Soviet presence there. now reported to be 85.000 men. has sparked debate on a variety of policy issues and has resulted in Americas boycott of the Moscow Olympics. Unfortunately. one offshoot of the Soviet invasion has attracted little publicitythe plight of the Afghan refugees who fled to Pakistan from the Red Armys destruction of their homes and livelihoods. Mr. President. as one of the honorary chairmen of the Afghanistan Relief Committee. I would like to bring to the attention of the Congress and the Nation the desperate situation facing the refugees. I am. therefore. introducing. along with Senators JAVITS. PERCY. and ExON a resolution calling for the designation of July 2127. 1980 as "Afghanistan Relief Week." An identical resolution is today being introduced in the House by Representative LESTER WOLFF. The week of July 2127 is especially appropriate for this purpose as that is the week of the opening of the Moscow Olympic games. We decided to boycott these games because of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The dedication of the first week of the Olympics to the plight of the refugees that the Soviet invasion produced would be an excellent way for us to demonstrate our continued opposition to the Soviet occupation of that brave country. particularly in view of the fact that the Soviets have been cynically crowing that the choice of Moscow as the site of the 1980 Olympics represents an endorsement of the Soviet Unions peaceful foreign policy. The people of Afghanistan. Mr.
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