But perhaps more importantly. more tradeand more of an interchange of people and ideaswould ease tensions between us and greatly increase the hopes for world peace that all of us share. On the other hand I. like most Americans. hold immediate threats to human rights and human needs are far more urgent than the long range benefits that international trade ultimately will bring. Soviet Jews are presently being humiliated and degraded. rights which they hold simply as human beings are being denied them. I cannot stand silently by and allow our Government to grant the Soviet Government special trade privileges while the Soviets deny their citizens the basic freedom of emigration. A lasting peace cannot be built upon the denial of human rights.
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