[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 17 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E220]
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                       AMBASSADOR SAMUEL G. WISE

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                          HON. BILL RICHARDSON

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 11, 1997

  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I received 
the news of my friend Samuel Wise's passing. Ambassador Wise was a 
great public servant for the United States, and he will be missed 
dearly.
  His service to the United States during the cold war exemplifies what 
is best about the U.S. foreign policy. Samuel was an outspoken defender 
of dissidents, refuseniks, prisoners of conscience, and other 
individuals caught under the grinding strictures of tyranny.
  His legacy will be the hope he brought to those he helped free from 
oppression, and the process he helped create which seeks to advance 
human civilization. The United States and the world has lost a great 
man and a true humanitarian. I will miss him and his counsel.

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