However much Soviet antiSemitism may arouse the compassionate concern of the West. the fact remains that this is strictly a Sovietgenerated problem. and as such only the Soviets themselves can resolve it. But we have seen in the past months that pressures from abroad can succeed in compelling the Soviets to modify their harsh policies. Death sentences handed down to two of the Leningrad hijackers were reduced to prison terms after an outcry from abroad. and exit visas were given to many Soviet Jews wishing to go to Israel. These were not acts of Soviet charity. they were calculated political acts taken in response to political pressures from abroad and an assessment of Soviet interests. Continuing pressures on behalf of Soviet Jewry may well persuade the Soviet Government that in the long run antiSemitism is a counterproductive policy and that in the larger arena of world affairs it seriously harms Soviet foreign policy interests.