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IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO RECONCILE THE TWO PICTURES OF MY PEOPLE AND MY COUNTRY WHICH YOU HAVE JUST SEEN. THE SIMPLE, EVERYDAY TASKS AND PLEASURES WHICH WERE THE ESSENCE OF MY PEACEFUL CHINA ARE SO VIVIDLY IN MY MEMORY, THAT IT IT IS HARD TO REPLACE THEM WITH THIS SECOND PICTURE - THE PICTURE OF A COUNTRY SCARRED AND WOUNDED BY THE ATTACKS OF A MURDEROUS INVADER , AND THE PICTURE OF THE MAIMED AND TORTURED VICTIMS OF THAT RUTHLESS AGGRESSOR.

NO ONE, I THINK, CAN FIND IT IN HIS HEART TO REFUSE HELP AND COMFORT TO THOSE VICTIMS. CERTAINLY YOU WHO HAVE COME HERE TONIGHT HAVE SHOWN YOUR HEARTFELT RESPONSE TO THEIR APPEAL. SO I SHALL NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO WIN YOUR SYMPATHY, WHICH I FEEL SO WARMLY IS ALREADY THEIRS. I SHALL ONLY SAY ONE BRIEF WORD IN THE NATURE OF A PLEA. RAVAGED BY AN UNPROVOKED AND BRUTAL ATTACK, CHINA TODAY NEEDS EVERY PENNY YOU CAN GIVE TO BIND THE WOUNDS OF HER COURAGEOUS DEFENDERS AND HER HELPLESS, INNOCENT  SUFFERERS. ALL THAT YOU GIVE WILL BE USED TO ALLEVIATE PAIN AND SUFFERING. PLEASE HELP US WITH WHATEVER YOU CAN. I ASK THIS FOR MY COUNTRY, MY PEOPLE - AND FOR HUMANITY.