Speech #870170836

President. I call attention to a situation now developing in the Soviet Union and about which I have had the privilege of speaking before. One is a singular attitude on the part of the Soviet Union with respect to its own emigration policy. a policy which applies a different standard to the Jews in the Soviet Union than to other Soviet citizens. in the sense that the Soviet Union in recent years has permitted the emigration of its citizens on the principle of the reunion of families. it has specifically denied this right to Jews and has in fact persecuted religious and community leaders in an effort to discourage any hopes on the part of Jews that they will have the same privilege enjoyed by other Soviet citizens. This discrimination is part of the study now being made by the United Nations Subcommission for the Prevention of Discrimination and the Protection of Minorities. which is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Dr. William Korey. director of the New York Bureau of the Bnai Brith International Council. provides some details on Soviet discrimination against Jews in connection with their emigration. I ask unanimous consent to print in the RECORD his article. entitled "Will Soviets Ever Let My People Go?" which appeared in the National Jewish Monthly. March 1962.