I introduce today along with my distinguished colleagues Senator SIMPSON and Senator DECoNcINI a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam resume the Orderly Departure Program. This program was negotiated in 1979 between the Socialist Rebublic of Vietnam and the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees in response to the flood of boat people who fled Vietnam in 1978 and 1979. When it was in operation the Orderly Departure Program enabled more than 120.000 persons to leave Vietnam in a safe and legal manner. Similar legislation was introduced in May 1986 by the distinguished Senator from Arizona.
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