Speaker. Presidential Adviser Henry Kissinger will leave Moscow tomorrow after the completion of talks which have accomplished significant SovietAmerican trade agreements. Three days after his departure. the Supreme Soviet will meet to ratify the schedule of fees which are to be imposed on educated Soviet Jews who are seeking to emigrate from the Soviet Union. I thoroughly condemn these extortionist Soviet visa fees and I believe that it is essential that we link the issue of increased trade with the imposition of these oppressive ransoms. In Moscow alone. 40 percent of the applicants for visas will be affected by the new tax requirement. The average amount per application is estimated at 15.000 rubles. a sum that is roughly equivalent to 10 years of gross income The aggregate amount over the next year or two would be 675 million rubles. ox upwards of threequarters of a billion dollars. The Soviet Unions placing of price tags on statesupplied education is a rePrehensible form of extortion. The transparency of the Soviet argument that they are trying to recoup educational expenses is evident: All Soviet citizens produce far more than they consume. The argument that the Russian Government is acting to end the brain drain is equally fallacious. because once a Soviet citizen announces his determination to emigrate to Israel. he is fired from his job and must find menial tasks to earn his livelihood. Many distinguished Soviet scientists. including members of the Soviet Academy of Science. have been forced into unemployment or have only been permitted to work at menial jobs simply as a result of their having applied for an exit permit. There can be no justification for the posting of a price list on human beings.
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