Mr. Speaker. the Soviet Government has drastically reduced Jewish emigration to Israel. cutting the number of daily departures from an average of 36 a day to five a day. The reduction in emigration is the result of Arab pressures. The Soviet Jews desire to leave the Soviet Union because they have been made special targets by the U.S.S.R. for harassment and cultural deprivation. It is not easy to practice ones religion in the Soviet Union no matter what that religion is but there is a significant difference in the degree of harassment. In the Soviet Union the Jews represent one of 120 recognized national groups under the Soviet Constitution.
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