Six months ago. the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and the world has watched while a small country. almost defenseless. has been ravaged. Whole villages are being wiped out by helicopter gunships. schoolgirls throw stones against the foreign troops and are shot. the defenders of Afghanistan. hidden among the rocks of their mountains. fight the tanks and planes with antiquated rifles. Meanwhile. in neighboring Pakistan and Iran nearly a million refugeeswomen. children. old people for the most parthave gathered in makeshift camps showing so clearly. as do the refugees of Cambodia and Ethiopia and Vietnam. the tragic consequences of yet another Communist aggression. The Afghan Relief Committee is evidence of the concern of private citizens and Members of Congress. joining in an effort to help the many private agencies that are providing relief. We now ask the House to request the President to proclaim the week of July 21 through 27 as "Afghanistan Relief Week." This particular week is singularly apropriate since it coincides with the opening of the 1980 Moscow Olympic games.
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