NOMINATION OF ERNEST W. LEFEVER HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON NOMINATION OF ERNEST W. LEFEVER, TO BE ASSISTANT SEC- AFFAIRS MAY 18, 19, JUNE 4, AND 5, 1981 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Relations 79-724 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1981 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS CHARLES H. PERCY, Illinois, Chairman HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland. CLAIBORNE PELL, Rhode Island PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland EDWARD G. SANDERS, Staff Director (II) Bonker, Hon. Don, a Representative in Congress from Washington... Deppe, Rev. Martin L., on behalf of Clergy and Laity Concerned, Frankel, Marvin E., chairman, Lawyers Committee for International 230 211 331 Gessert, Robert A., Washington, D.C.. 224 Gottfried, Kurt, on behalf of Scientists for Sakharov, Orlov and 248 Henkin, Prof. Louis, Columbia University, and co-director, Columbia University Center for the Study of Human Rights, and president, Hyde, Hon. Henry J., a Representative in Congress from Illinois.. Lefever, Ernest W., nominee to be Assistant Secretary of State for Novak, Michael, Chief, U.S. Delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, 37th Session, Geneva, Switzerland.. Ramsey, Paul, professor of Christian ethics, Department of Religion, 310 Tower, Hon. John, a U.S. Senator from Texas_ Wilson, Hon. Charles, a Representative in Congress from Texas_ Simmons, Althea T. L., director of the Washington Bureau of the 280 183 194 246 Letters of support of Dr. Lefever's nomination-submitted by Senator Biographical sketch of Ernest W. Lefever.. Prepared statement of Dr. Ernest W. Lefever.. Memorandum for the record concerning conversation with Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick-submitted by Dr. Lefever.. Statement on violation of human rights in other countries-submitted by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A... Individuals requesting to testify but denied due to lack of time. Mayor Donald Fraser's responses to additional questions submitted by Statement for the record submitted by Dr. Lefever regarding Dis- appeared Persons item at the U.N. Human Rights Commission in Excerpts from "The Israeli Case"-submitted by Dr. Lefever- The "Biafra Lobby" and U.S. foreign policy-reprinted from World- |