During Captive Nations Week. I join with my colleagues in expressing the sincere wish that people in these captive nations will be permitted in the near future to enjoy those fundamental and inherent rights which have been denied to them for over 25 years. Already we have seen the force of world public opinion aid Soviet Jewry in emigrating to Israel. but the recent outbreak of selfimmolations in Lithuania once again underscores the deepseated frustrations experienced by those whose rights have been abrogated. It is my belief that. through increased communication and dialog between the free nations of the world and the Communist countries. the captive nations will lose their fear of individual selfexpression. It is my further hope that. as a result of this dialog. future Captive Nations Weeks will remind us of the past. not the present.
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