Mr. President. over the past year there have been numerous stories in the press dealing with the desperate efforts made by Soviet Jews. singly and. in groups. to obtain permission from the Soviet Government to emigrate to Israel. : Last November 10. for example. Israel submitted to the United Nations an appeal signed by 18 Jewish families residing in Soviet Georgia. who had been seeking. without success. to leave the Soviet Union for Israel. The petition related that each of the signatory families had taken the necessary legal steps under Soviet law. First. they had received invitations from relatives in Israel. Then they had requested exit visas. When they were assured that these requests would be granted. they sold their property and gave up their jobs. But the exit visas never came through. Long months have gone byyears for manyand permission for departure has not yet been given. the petitioners continued. We have sent hundreds of letters and telegrams. they have vanished like tears in the sand of the desert.
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