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388Mr. Ingeksoll. Well, that is the same kind of question, Mr. Chairman,as what percentage comes from Turkey. Again I am going tosay that the overwhelming majority appears to come from that source.Chairman Pepper. We had testimony this morning that some 1,100people in the city of New York die every year from heroin. You saidat least a majority of that heroin comes from the laboratories ofFrance. Now, then, that is almost 100 New York City residents amonth who die from that substance.Now, if some people with evil minds had some of these movablerockets that they use over in Vietnam, and they go around over Franceand every day shoot some of those rockets, landing in New York Cityand kill on an average, let's say, about three or four people a day,about 1,100 people a year, you can imagine what public opinion inthis country would be demanding of the French Government to stopthat sort of thing.If they didn't do it, we would see if we couldn't find some way tostop it, ourselves.Now, I would like to ask you, in view of your reference to the agreementthat has recently been negotiated with the police of France,how many police, how many law enforcement people are trying tobreak up these laboratories from which this heroin comes to the UnitedStates in major supply? How many police officers does the FrenchGovernment have committed to doing that, to stopping it?Mr. Ingersoll. At this time, may I give you a historical perspective ?Chairman Pepper. Yes.Mr. Ingersoll. A year and a half or so ago, when I testified beforeyou the last time, they had, as I recall 16 or 18. Today there are about100 French police engaged in international traffic control.Chairman Pepper. One hundred.Mr. Ingersoll. Practically.Chairman Pepper. At least that is a step up. They started off witha lower number. They extended it to 100.Mr. Ingersoll. It is not quite 100.Chairman Pepper. Now, France is a big country and a powerfulcountry and they have a lot of assets. Don't you think we would havea right to ask a "friendly country like that, from which was coming asubstance that is killing so many of our people and costing us so muchmoney, that they put more than 100 people to helping us keep theselaboratories from spilling out, spewing out so dangerous a substanceto our country ?Mr. Ingersoll. We have the right to ask the government in any othercountry around the world to do things that we would like them to do.Chairman Pepper. Well, it would seem to me we would be justifiedin being very insistent, if they want to be our friends, that they takethe emergency measures.Now, the President is talking about an emergency program and wehope the President is going to implement that, an all-out fight ontrying to do something about heroin to stop the terrible tragedy thatour country is experiencing from heroin, and it would soem to methat with great earnestness we would have a right to tell the Governmentof France that we expect them, as our friend, to treat this on an