Mr. Speaker. the ransom policy announced by the Soviet Government to apply to every Jewish person who wishes to emigrate is an intolerable injustice. It is a violation of commonly accepted standards of human rights and dignity as expressed in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It cannot be justified on any terms. and Soviet officials must be put on notice that. particularly when added to the harassment and imprisonment to which Soviet Jews are so frequently subjected. it is a policy which is as much anathema to the United States and other nations and peoples of the world as. for example. the policy of apartheid in Africa.
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