I think this is significant in the development. As the gentleman from North Carolina has mentioned. I was privileged to serve on the committee that dealt with the refugee problem. It was particularly instructive to me as I participated in these sessions with the gentleman from North Carolina to become aware of our efforts. the American efforts in regard to the refugees and what we were doing for those particularly from Indochina and that part of the world. The Cuban situation had not been developed except that while we were there the Peruvian Embassy incident arose. C3 1850 But I think it will be particularly important that we return to the next session of the IPU prepared to point out to the world that the refugee situation is being abused. and that one of the principles which we seriously discussed in the sessions with this committee was the misuse of the refugees. misuse of people by governments and. in effect. what Cuba was doing was forcing people to leave their country. foisting them on other nations when they are not truly refugees. I think we ought to be in a position to address this problem seriously and let the rest of the world know just exactly how it is being misused by Cuba. and how the generosity of the United States is being abused. It is an international problem. The refugee problem is an international problem. We cannot resolve it by individual nations. It does require a cooperative effort and a cooperative awareness of the refugee problem. I think the sessions we have had and the sessions we will have in the fall on this particular issue should be very productive for the United States and instructive for the world. I am looking forward to the sessions and thank the gentleman again for his leadership.
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