R. 3402 have such unacceptable consequences, in addition to amendments required to correct deficiencies enumerated above, it is imperative that Congress establish clear legislative conditions on aid provided to Poland and Hungary.
As the Bush Administration and Congress consider future steps in responding to dramatic events in Poland (and elsewhere in the Soviet bloc), it is imperative that American and Western policies be governed by a recognition that undisciplined economic and financial assistance to Poland will have unintended and undesirable repercussions both for the Poles and for the American taxpayer.
Worse still, as presently drafted, Congress would offer large-scale economic and financial assistance to Poland and Hungary without sufficient conditionality.