With the advent of the Presidents trip to Moscow. next month. the timeliness of the legislation before us today becomes even more apparent. It is my hope that the President will raise the subject of Soviet Jewry and will speak in behalf of the Soviet Jews who have for so long been victims of oppression and discrimination in the Soviet Union. The United States has long been an advocate of the highest aspirations of human freedom. and Congress. by the passage of this legislation. will indicate to the President and to the Soviet Union that Americans are keenly aware of the plight of Soviet Jews and are hopeful that the meeting in Moscow will result in greater recognition of the human rights of Soviet Jews and also freedom for Soviet Jews to emigrate to the country of their choice. At this point in the RECORD. I would like to include a letter I directed recently to the White House urging the President to speak in behalf of Soviet Jewry during his forthcoming trip to Moscow. as well as an article which appeared a few months ago in the Washington Post outlining the growing sentiment in the United States in behalf of the Soviet Jews:
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