Mr. Speaker. I am most pleased to join with my colleagues and protest and deplore the present attitude of the Soviet Government regarding the emigration of Soviet Jewry. The imposition of a tax for exit visas from Russia. ranging from $5.000 to $37.000. is reminiscent of the early days of Hitler. who also at one time offered to trade German Jews for gold or trucks or other items. The action of the Soviet Government is in effect a requirement of ransom or extortion. actions which are deplored by civilized people. There can be no doubt on this score for a recent article in a Washington paper disclosed that the deputy chief of the visa branch of the Interior Ministry in Moscow told Dr. David Korn. Chairman of the Soviet Jewry Committee. in a transatlantic telephone conversation that: If you want your relatives to leave. transfer through your American bank the necessary amount. and they will leave.
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