Speaker. I support House Resolution 200. expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the unjust imprisonment of Benedict Scott (Vytautas Skuodis) by the Government of the Soviet Union. Benedict Scott is a U.S. citizen by birth. and as such. is entitled to emigrate from the Soviet Union to a country of his choice. His illegal imprisonment by Soviet authorities is contrary to international law. and in violation to the Helsinki Final Act. Not only have the Soviets violated Benedict Scotts personal rights. but they have done so in territory which is not part of the Soviet Unionnamely Lithuania. Lithuania was illegally invaded by the Soviet Union in June 1940. and remains illegally occupied by the Soviet Union today. I join with my colleagues in demanding Benedict Scotts release from Soviet prison and the Soviet Governments acknowledgment of his right to emigrate.o
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