He told the assembled crowd that the American public must keep up the pressure on the Russians to allow thousands of Soviet Jews to leave Russia. Mr. Mendelevich said that last year 40.000 Soviet Jews asked to leave Russia and that 400.000 more had applied for visas for the first time. He noted that increased emigration of Soviet Jews is linked to outcries and pressure from the West. The issue of Soviet Jewry must stay in the forefront of our activity here. for the sad and tragic fact is that in April 1984. only 51 Jews left the Soviet Union. The total for the year is only 280.
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