Jack Kingston: “that is a sensible approach to better international relations, and I think a positive step, because if one is operating…”

“that is a sensible approach to better international relations, and I think a positive step, because if one is operating a business there, one needs to know. I had a case in Savannah of two young women who were aspiring actresses and they got a contract to go to South Korea to do a film, and when they got there, the manuscript of the film was switched to a pornographic movie. Now, they said: This is not the manuscript we have signed a contract on. And they said: It might not be the manuscript, but it is the movie that you signed a contract on; and if you break it, in Korea, it is a criminal offense. Or a civil offense is treated like a criminal offense, and so these two young ladies would be put in jail. We were able to get the State Department involved and our office intervened. We got them actually out of the country in a very spirited chase like out of a movie itself, but got them home. But it is just ridiculous. Here we have two idealistic young women in their early twenties going overseas, the manuscript gets swapped, and they had the good sense to say no. But Mr. Speaker, the next group or the group before them may have said: Well, I guess we are stuck, we are going to have to do this. And that is what the film company was hoping on. And these girls somewhat called their bluff but at a great personal risk. I think Americans need to know these dangers before we go overseas, particularly in business settings.”