I rise in support of H.R. 2884. to permit the International Communication Agency to release for public use inside the United States its film "In Their Own Words." Almost a year ago. a phenomenon of exceptional drama and importance unfolded in Cuba. Thousands upon thousands of people of all walks of life. once again. chose freedom from communism. At first they sought assylum in the Peruvian Embassy in Havana. until it figuratively burst at the seams. Then Fidel Castro permitted them and other Cubans to leave the country legally. calling the refugees human garbage and saying good riddance. The 10.000 Cubans who sought refuge on Peruvian Embassy grounds were an acute embarrassment to Castro. The thousands of others who chose to follow them in leaving Cuba stung him further.
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