Speaker. this morning I was advised by the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry that the Soviet Government has evidently not permitted the delivery of thousands of affidavits .sent to Soviet Jews by" their relatives now living in Israel. Those affidavits are necessary under Soviet regulations in order to secure a Soviet exodus permit. The recent report that the Soviet Union had drastically reduced Jewish emigration to Israel. cutting the number of departures from an average of 50 a day to 20 a day appears to be verified by this latest information. The refusal of the Soviet Union to deliver the mail should at least be raised by the United States at the Universal Postal Union. More important than a violation of that convention is the continued violation by the Soviet Union of its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to which the Soviet Union is subject and which guarantees the right of its citizens to freely migrate.
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