Group of prominent American historians issued a statement, noting that PL 86-90 is largely based on historical misinformation and commits the United States to help some mythical "nations" such as "Cossackia" and "Idel-Ural".
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The latest US President to specify the list of countries with oppressive regimes was George W. Bush.
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Though certain ideas, expressed by the President Eisenhower in 1959 have lost their relevance since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, American leaders continue the tradition of celebrating Captive Nations Week and each year issue a new version of the Proclamation.
The 1959 U.S. public law on Captive Nations listed Cossackia among the nations living under oppression of the Soviet regime.
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By 1970, as the New South Wales President of the Captive Nations Council, Darby was authorised by the Polish-Hungarian World Federation (Australian Branch) to be their Honorary Representative at the World Anti-Communist League (WACL) Conference in Tokyo and by 1973 he helped found the Australia-Free China Society, subsidised by both the Taiwanese Travel Service and the Taiwanese government.