Does any one seriously believe that Russian Jewry would be safe from the reimposition of the "ransom" tax once the Soviet Union received the unrestricted trade concessions they now seek? Mr. Brezhnev said that many of those denied permission to leave are individuals involved in matters of state security. This is merely a pretext to deny emigration to hundreds of scientists and prominent personalities in the arts who have had no contact with classified information. or in a few cases dealt with secret material 15 to 25 years ago. These people are kept as virtual hostages as an example to deter others from applying for exit visas. On the subject of special emigration restrictions against Jews in the central Russian population centers of Moscow. Leningrad. Kiev. and Odessa.
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