General Secretary Brezhn~v met with a group of Senators and Congressmen on June 19. In connection with that occasion there was discussed the deep humanitarian issue of the plight of Jews in the Soviet Union. As is well known throughout the world by now. there is much documentation and evidence of Jews in the Soviet Union who wish to immigrate to Israel and have not been allowed to do so that in many instances the mere display of interest in emigration can provoke persecution. harassment and other retaliatory sanctions upon the heads of the longsuffering Jews of the Soviet Union. Indeed. in the Senate where 77 members of this body have joined hands in sponsoring the Jackson amendment. in the House over 280 members have joined in the MillsVanik bill. which conditions the granting of economic benefits to the Soviet Union by our Government upon a satisfactory resolution of this emigration issue. Accordingly. I ask unanimous consent that the transcript of my "Face the Nation" interview be printed in the RECORD at the conclusion of my remarks.
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