Since you are a Jew. it is doubtful whether you are entitled to study and gain an education at all. And if you are bound for Israel to join your peopleit is your duty to suffer. As for us. we will do our best to find clever means to prevent your emigration In all ways possible ... The Knesset adopted a strong resolution appealing to all nations. parliaments and international organizations to work for the abolition of this tax. I ask unanimous consent that this resolution be printed at the conclusion of my remarks. In this country the National Academy of Sciences is already seeking to put together its own appeal on behalf of Soviet Jewish scientists wishing to emigrate. This commendable action was precipitated by the personal appeal of an eminent Soviet Jewish scientist. Benjamin Levich. Professor Levich. a renowned Soviet physicist and member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. had publicly denounced the new visa feesand is already paying the price for his candor. He subsequently transmitted to me a handwritten note appealing to me personally to look into the desperate situation of Soviet Jewish scientists. This letter was delivered to me by an American scientist who recently met with Professor Levich in Moscow during the recent International Biophysical Congress.
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