Forty years ago when the landing in Normandy took place. we thought that the systematic persecution of Jews in Europe would come to an end with the crushing of Hitlers regime. But it still goes on in the Soviet Unionstatesponsored. statesupported persecution of Jews carried on with the highest blessings of the Soviet Government. Recently there has been a sharp increase in the number of highly inflammatory antiSemitic reports in the Soviet press. loss of jobs by those who apply to emigrate. and inhumane restrictions on Jewish university enrollment. This official persecution is frighteningly reminiscent of the beginning of Nazi terrorism. legitimized by the Nurenberg laws. The plight of Jews in the Soviet Union is unquestionably linked to the overall United StatesSoviet relationship. In recent years the situation of Soviet Jews has deteriorated by alarming proportions. Since 1968 a total of 263.851 Jews have emigrated from the Soviet Union. Emigration peaked in 1974 at the height of detente and again in 1979 during Carters administration. Since 1979. however. emigration has declined by 98 percent and it is now at a monthly average of 76 emigrantsthe lowest level in over 16 years. Yesterday I introduced the Elbe Resolution. At the Elbe River 40 years ago next April the Soviet and American troops met up at the end of World War II.
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