COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-SECOND CONGRESS FIRST SESSION 65-728 JULY 7, 8, 9, AND 30, 1971 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1971 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office DEPOSITED BY THE UNIT STATES OF AMERICA COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS THOMAS E. MORGAN, Pennsylvania, Chairman CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina CHARLES C. DIGGS, JR., Michigan WILLIAM S. MAILLIARD, California EDWARD J. DERWINSKI, Illinois RONALD V. DELLUMS, California ROY J. BULLOCK, Staff Administrator SUBCOMMITTEE ON EUROPE BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York, Chairman WAYNE L. HAYS, Ohio PETER H. B. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER, New Jersey JAMES G. FULTON, Pennsylvania JOHN S. MONAGAN, Connecticut LEE H. HAMILTON, Indiana GUS YATRON, Pennsylvania ROY A. TAYLOR, North Carolina MORGAN F. MURPHY, Illinois PAUL FINDLEY, Illinois JOHN J. BRADY, Jr., Staff Consultant (II) CONTENTS' Wednesday, July 7, 1971: LIST OF WITNESSES Minish, Hon. Joseph G., a Representative in Congress from the State Murphy, Hon. Morgan F., a Representative in Congress from the Rangel, Hon. Charles B., a Representative in Congress from the State Rodino, Hon. Peter W., a Representative in Congress from the State Steele, Hon. Robert H., a Representative in Congress from the State Thursday, July 8, 1971: Hughes, Hon. John H., New York State senator, chairman, New York McKenna, Jeremiah B., Assistant Counsel, New York State Joint Leg- Scheuer, Hon. James H., a Representative in Congress from the State Staats, Hon. Elmer B., Comptroller of the United States... Friday, July 9, 1971: Davies, Rodger P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near 154 148 Hillenbrand, Hon. Martin J., Assistant Secretary of State for European 151 Rossides, Hon. Eugene T., Assistant Secretary of Treasury (Enforce- 127 Friday, July 30, 1971: Biaggi, Hon. Mario, a Representative in Congress from the State of 184 Roush, Hon. J. Edward, a Representative in Congress from the State of Indiana....... 169 Sisk, Hon. B. F., a Representative in Congress from the State of 167 MATERIAL SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD Narcotics fact sheet, submitted by Hon. Peter W. Rodino___ USIS report of press conference of Ambassador Car! W. A. Schurmann 1 An index to these hearings appears on p. 221. 4 30 37 57 Table on narcotics arrests in Bedford-Stuyvesant section of New York Statement prepared by the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs on Drug use in New York State, chart showing estimate of.. New agencies of New York State government created to reduce Crime, Narcotics control expenditures by New York State, 1963-72__. Narcotics arrests in Bedford-Stuyvesant section of New York City, 1963-70 Page Violent deaths in Bedford-Stuyvesant section of New York City, 1959–69__ Concurrent Resolution No. 141 of the New York State Legislature, passed on May 13, 1971, Albany, N.Y‒‒‒‒‒‒ 112 General Accounting Office staff paper-"Observations and Data Concerning Illegal Entry of Narcotics," May 21, 1971_-_ 118 Drug seizures by fiscal year, 1969-71, chart by Bureau of Customs, Department of the Treasury. 137 STATEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Baring, Hon. Walter S., a Representative in Congress from the State of Begich, Hon. Nick, a Representative in Congress from the State of Alaska-- 191 191 193 Collier, Hon. Harold R., a Representative in Congress from the State of 194 Delaney, Hon. James J., a Representative in Congress from the State of 195 Derwinski, Hon. Edward J., a Representative in Congress from the State of 197 Eilberg, Hon. Joshua, a Representative in Congress from the State of 197 Fascell, Hon. Dante B., a Representative in Congress from the State of 199 Forsythe, Hon. Edwin B., a Representative in Congress from the State of 199 Gibbons, Hon. Sam M., a Representative in Congress from the State of 200 Horton, Hon. Frank, a Representative in Congress from the State of New 201 Ichord, Hon. Richard, a Representative in Congress from the State of 203 Link, Hon. Arthur A., a Representative in Congress from the State of 204 Mailliard, Hon. William S., a Representative in Congress from the State of 204 Mitchell, Hon. Parren J., a Representative in Congress from the State of 206 Moss, Hon. John E., a Representative in Congress from the State of 207 Murphy, Hon. John M., a Representative in Congress from the State of 208 Seiberling, Hon. John F., a Representative in Congress from the State of 209 APPENDIX Letter from the Deputy Attorney General concerning policies and administration of the U.S. attorney's offices in New York State as they affect the Federal narcotic and dangerous drug laws_. 215 Bills and resolutions concerning drugs referred to the Committee on 216 Analysis and summary of bills and resolutions concerning drugs------- 218 INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE NARCOTICS PROBLEM WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1971 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, The subcommittee met at 1:30 p.m., in room 2200, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. ROSENTHAL. The subcommittee will be in session. The Subcommittee on Europe meets today to begin a series of hearings on the international aspects of the world narcotics problem. The purpose of these hearings is to analyze in detail the problem and to consider various legislative proposals which have been referred to the subcommittee. This legislation-in various designs-seeks to prohibit the illegal production of, and international trafficking in, narcotics. Drug abuse is increasing at home and around the world. Of particular concern is the rapid rise in the use of opium-based drugs, particularly heroin, in the United States. Adding to this problem is the alarming increase in heroin addiction within the U.S. military forces in South Vietnam where the best estimates show that as many as 25,000 to 40,000 U.S. servicemen are addicted to heroin. The worst part of the problem is that the United States is a victim country. It produces no opium or heroin, yet it is the principal market for the illegal producer. To solve this problem, the United States must have the cooperation of the opium-producing countries. We cannot correct this situation ourselves. And the international aspects themselves are but one part of this exceedingly complex question of drug addiction. We must be willing to devote more resources, human and material, to fight the illegal international traffic in heroin. Some argue that to do this we must be willing to exercise economic and political pressure, including the imposition of economic sanctions, where necessary to stop these countries from growing poppies. Others argue that success can best be achieved through the extension of economic assistance which would help opium-producing countries to find suitable alternate crops which will pay the farmer to stop growing poppies. Unfortunately, opium is often produced in remote areas that are beyond the effective political and administrative control of the governments concerned. It may be that a cutoff of economic and military |