Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990196739

During the past 5 years. the Montagnard tribesmen were repeatedly attacked by the Vietnamese and the Communist Cambodian regime supported by Vietnam. Over a year ago. 2.000 Montagnardsled by their high school principalbegan a long march to freedom. From the central highlands of Vietnam they fought their way over Cambodia to a refugee camp in Thailand. Of the 2.000 who began the journey only 192 survived the ordeal. In January. while leading a factfinding mission on the MIA/POW issue to Thailand with Representative MICHAEL BILIRAKIS. the plight of our most loyal allies was brought to my attention. They were living in a refugee camp I kilometer from the border. Vietnamese troops could literally look down from the nearby mountaintop on their former enemies. Mr.
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
FRANK MURKOWSKI
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
AK
Gender
M
Date
1986-06-11
Speech ID
990196739
Paragraph
#0
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