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Gerald R. Ford Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Record Statement, February 29, 1972 "I Hope....All Members Of Congress Will Add Their Voices To Those Of The Ukrainian Americans Who Are Protesting The Trampling Of Human Rights In Ukraine" Statement By Congressman Gerald R. Ford Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Record Washington, D.C. February 29, 1972 "...I have received a number of letters from Ukrainian Americans quoting dispatches from Reuters and the AP detailing the repression visited upon certain intellectuals in Ukraine... "The people of the free world cannot allow this repression of the basic freedoms of speech and thought to continue. It is the duty of each of us to voice our strongest condemnation of these infringements of basic human rights. "I agree with the objective of the Ukrainian American protestors which is to arouse public opinion so that the U.N. Commission on Human Rights will investigate the conditions in Ukraine - what protestors describe as 'the systematic destruction of the Ukrainian cultural heritage and the policy of forced Russification.' "I hope that all Members of Congress will add their voices to those of the Ukrainian Americans who are protesting the trampling of human rights in Ukraine." Gerald R. Ford "Ukrainian Intellectuals
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