Speaker. we see newspaper reports of "major breakthroughs" in negotiations between the Nixon administration and Soviet leaders on billions of dollars worth of prospective trade deals. The major breakthrough has apparently been on the matter of the Soviet Unions World War II debts. which the United States set as a precondition for successful negotiations. It is outrageous. Mr. Speaker. that our Government should be engaging in trade negotiations in which a financial matter like war debts is a precondition. while no mention or consideration whatsoever is made on the matter of human rights and human decency at issue in the new Soviet policy toward Jews who seek to exercise their right to emigrate. It is incumbent upon the administration. Mr.
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