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Benjamin Gilman: First of all I want to compliment the gentleman for his humanitarian effort on behalf of Taiwan. When the gentleman said…

On the recordSeptember 28, 1999
First of all I want to compliment the gentleman for his humanitarian effort on behalf of Taiwan. When the gentleman said that all assistance had to go through Beijing, I read in I think today's wire service that indicated that even the Red Cross had to appeal to Beijing before they could go into Taiwan. If that is the case, of course, that is abominable. We would hope that that would be straightened out. I thank the gentleman for yielding.
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Benjamin Gilman
New York

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Discussing humanitarian assistance to Taiwan and the role of Beijing.

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