Unfortunately. the gentleman from Illinois is in the hospital at this moment and cannot be on the floor to speak personally on behalf of his resolution. His statement. however. is being submitted in writing for the record. House Concurrent Resolution 218 calls on the administration to continue to express U.S. opposition to Mart Niklus imprisonment and to urge Soviet authorities to give him medical care. release him. and permit him to emigrate to Sweden. The State Department has informed us that this resolution is "totally consistent with the aim and tenor of U.S. policy with regard to Soviet violations of human rights in the Baltic countries." Last July. at the Madrid Conference. the head of the U.S. delegation. Max Kampelman. raised the case of Mart Niklus as one of the prime examples of Soviet noncompliance with the spirit of Helsinki.
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