Yachot was put into a mental hospital for supposed deficiencies. how could possibly he be mentally competent to serve in the Army? However. this is what the Soviet Government did. Over the past few months. hope rose when more people were allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union. It has been speculated that President Nixon had reached some sort of arrangement with the Soviet authorities on this matter. Although I deplore the setting of a quota on the number of people allowed to leave. it is imperative that an understanding be reached so that all citizens. Jews and nonJews. be allowed the basic right to live in whatever country they choose to live in. After our hopes were raised so high because of apparent relaxing of emigration requirements during the first half of this year. and speculation over the results of the Moscow summit. it is indeed a tragic turn of events to find that it is now next to impossible to emigrate from the Soviet Union. This includes those people who hold dual AmericanSoviet citizenship. The United States must not allow this sort of human tragedy to continue. Action must be taken at the diplomatic level and. if that fails. it is imperative that we use other means. including restrictions on trade. to force the Soviet Government to allow free emigration. both in numbers and in monetary terms. I applaud the recent agreements reached by President Nixon with the Soviet Government and the anticipated settlement of lendlease agreements made during World War II. However.
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