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 98 STAT. 2638

Report.

PUBLIC LAW 98-525—OCT. 19, 1984

cation of adequate arrangements has been received in advance for distribution of such goods and supplies. (d) Goods or supplies transported under this section may not be distributed, directly or indirectly, to any individual, group, or organization engaged in military or paramilitary activity. (e) No later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this section, and every 60 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall report to the Congress concerning the origin, contents, destination, and disposition of all goods and supplies transported under this section. PART E—OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS SURVIVORS OF THE GLOMAR JAVA SEA

Vessels.

Vietnam.

SEC. 1541. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) on October 26, 1983, the United States registered oil drilling ship Glomar Java Sea was reported missing during stormy weather at its drilling site 60 miles off Hainan Island in the South China Sea and was found sunken near its drilling site on November 1, 1983; (2) no evidence has been found of 46 of the 81 crewmen, including citizens of the United States, or of the lifeboats which, reportedly, were launched from the Glomar Java Sea, despite an intensive cooperative search involving United States military search and rescue aircraft and commercial vessels; (3) the Chairman of the United States Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation has concluded that it is possible that crewmembers of the Glomar Java Sea survived and drifted into waters near the coast of Vietnam; and (4) the Government of Vietnam has refused to allow an independent search for the possible survivors to be conducted in waters within 20 miles of such coast. (b) Considering the findings set out in subsection (a), it is the sense of the Congress that the President should, through all appropriate bilateral and multilateral channels, continue and accelerate the effort to obtain the cooperation of the Government of Vietnam in ascertaining the fate or locations of the 46 crewmen of the sunken United States registered vessel Glomar Java Sea. POLICY REGARDING THE FURNISHING OF FOOD AND MEDICAL SUPPUES TO AFGHANISTAN

SEC. 1542. (a) The Congress findsCD that after more than four years of occupation by the military forces of the Soviet Union, the freedom-loving people of Afghanistan continue bravely to resist the oppression of the Soviet Union; (2) that the current Soviet Union offensive has resulted in great suffering and destruction in Afghanistan and has intensified the Soviet policy which targets civilian populations; and (3) that this "scorched earth" policy of the Soviet Union, which has resulted in the destruction of crops, food supplies, farms, hospitals, and other public buildings in Afghanistan, has been a desperate attempt on the part of the Soviet Union to subdue the population of that country or to force the depopulation of certain areas which the occupying forces of the Soviet Union are unable to control.

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