What would have been the harm in making the request? There are moral grounds for the United States to be concerned with the outcome of the trials. The people on trial are effectively being held captive in the Soviet Union in that they are not permitted to emigrate as is th2ir right under the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights signed by the Soviet Union in 1969. If the Government of this country stands mute. and the Soviet Union is not made aware of the great interest in the United States and other countries in the outcome of these trials. there is little hope for any of the 25 Jews. nine of whom have now been convicted. with the balance awaiting trial in Riga and Kishnev. I hope that the Secretary of State will reconsider his position on this matter and request that a United States observer be permitted to attend the forthcoming trials.
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