90 



4 

 In tenns of numbers, perhaps the need for such a "Children's Assistance Program' mi^t not be 

 large, but its impact could be immense. Need for such a program exists in almost every one of the 

 republics of the Former Soviet Union - certainly in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belorus and 

 TurkmeiL The literature is replete with stories about the ravages of industrial pollution and its 

 e£EBCts on the youngsters, bom and unborn, in the surrounding area. 



I repeat and emphasize, opportunity for suocess(es) in a Children's Assistance Program is great, but 

 it must be managed and administered with the utmost and thorough care. Also, that this program 

 would probably be administered in for flung places in Russia has positive aspects, too. The current 

 political situation makes regionalism look more definite and closer at hand. It would be to our 

 advantage to have a solid, well-intended presence in every part of Russia. 



Sudi a program could be undertaken entirely by the United States, and this would be good since it 

 would help polish and bring back to life the image of America which I feel has been tarnished and 

 undermined rather baddy in the last year. The Russians and all the other former Soviets I have been 

 with in the last year would for rather do business with Americans than anyone else! And, let us not 

 forget that peofde there are no longer hostage to "the central press' or 'radio Moscow.' The average 

 Russian citizen has as good an idea of what's going on in the worid, and v^t we are saying and 

 promising him, as the average American does. Let's have no more unfulfilled aq)ectations, whether 

 created intentionally or inadvertently. 



The idea of a special padcage program for the diildren embodies a coiKept overlooked by every 

 American businessman I have ever talked with vriio wants to do business in Russia. It must be taken 

 as a given if one wants to do business there. It is an absolute essential in any investment I am 



