Mr. President. I have inserted these stories into the RECORD because these are people who have been turned down for refugee status. Yet they face overwhelming problems. and I hope that we can work out something for them. Not all of the 45.000 boat people are political refugees. but some who are not now categorized as refugees are. and those I have mentioned here are illustrations of that. Ms. Stroud has provided the names and cases of some 27 about whom she knows the details and. she believes. are clearly political refugees. On the basis of their statements. they appear to fall into that category. But again. unless the United States changes its basic policy toward Vietnam. we will continue to proliferate this kind of problem. even if we were suddenly to admit the 45.000 who are refugees in Hong Kong to our country. which no one advocates. The policy that we now have toward Vietnam serves our national passion. but not our national interest. We need a policy that serves the national interest.
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