President. I rise today to offer an amendment to this bill to express the sense of the Senate regarding the recent incident in Louisiana where a Soviet sailor tried to defect. My amendment expresses the sense of the Senate that all U.S. personnel. especially personnel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. shall follow established procedures when confronted with a potential defector. On October 24. a Soviet sailor. Miroslav Medvid. Jumped from his ship. the MV Konev. and swam ashore. He was picked up by the border patrol to be brought back to the MV Konev. On the way back. however. he once again Jumped overboard and swam to shore. According to official accounts.
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