Information Agency is charged with the dissemination abroad of information about the United States. its people. and its policies. through press. publications. radio. motion pictures. and other information media. Therefore. I believe that USIA has unique expertise in disseminating information about the enormity of the crisis in Afghanistan in terms of the enormous number of casualties. human rights violations. and the refugee population. However. given the fact that the Soviet Union is engaged in the systematic destruction of the Afghan people. I believe that there is much more that USIA can do to help the Afghans spread their story throughout the world.