At the great risk of employment and personal safety. many thousands of Russian Jews have registered with the Israeli representative in the Soviet Unionthe Dutch Embassyfor permission to leave. Because of the Soviet policy of harassment of Russian Jews. it does not seem unreaso.iable to seek for them the opportunity to leave a repressive society that has singed out the Jew for special repression. And we also speak today in behalf of other religious minorities who seek the freedom to worship and to live their lives as Soviet citizens or to emigrate. How is Congress to respond to this reality? There are those who say that it is not right for Congress to apply pressure to a foreign government.
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