They have not applied for title II food aid of Public Law 480 during this past generation and indeed it has been their policy to believe that it was sort of a charity. Section 416. however. is not viewed that way by the Mexican Government and we have been working with them in adopting amendments to section 416 to get an acceptable method for them to accept food aid. Now. the reason we want to get this food aid to the refugees is. first of all. humanitarian. There is no money involved in this. since 416 is surplus commodities that we have in our stocks under the Credit Commodity Corporation. What we seek to do is to correct what are honest errors made in the conference in eliminating the specifics of the simple sense of the Congress amendment that is involved here. The policy that we would like to emphasize is that the United States uses food to help the hungry and to help those in most need of it. Now. the Guatemalan Indian refugees are. in general. Mayans. They have fled their homeland and they are seeking safety and refuge in Mexico.
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Guatemalan Indian refugees are Mayans.