Mr. Speaker. Thailand is a small nation in Southeast Asia about the size of Texas with a population of 52 million people. Since 1975 when all three Indochinese nations fell into Communist hands. Thailand has granted asylum to over 650.000 refugees. This year. in addition to that. over 250.000. or a quarter of a million. Cambodians have been driven across the border by the Vietnamese. and Thailand has allowed them to stay temporarily in camps operated by the U.N. Border Relief Organization. The unfailing generosity shown in these matters by Thailand is truly special and deserving of recognition by this body.
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