Mr. Speaker. for 40 years we have dreamed about the lifting of the Iron Curtain. Now it has become a reality. Today Eastern Europes first government in four decades headed by a nonCommunist Prime Minister was installed in Poland. and yesterday Hungarys leadership courageously defied its Warsaw Pact allies and opened the gates of freedom to tens of thousands of refugees from East Germany. Yet at this critical hinge of history. Mr. Speaker. the administration sounds an uncertain trumpet. As the whole nonCommunist world rejoices in the triumph of freedom and democracy over the forces of repression and totalitarianism. the administration shows an excess of caution. vacillation. temporizing and timidity. instead of joyfully seizing this historic opportunity.
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