Its recent actions and policies would seem to belle such a commitment. Mr. Chairman. there can be no justification for extending credit or investment guarantees to any country which would deny its citizens the right or opportunity to emigrate or to otherwise capriciously restrict their freedom of movement. either through the imposition of exhorbitant taxes or levies or the employment of policies which gravely intimidate them. There can be no special commercial or economic consideration granted to a nation which would seriously infringe upon its citizens basic rights and do its utmost to trample their human dignity or to allow them to be subjected to scurrilous attacks. unfounded charges and political. economic. and social ostracism. We cannot be deceived by various tactics employed by the Soviet Union to cloud the issue or by feeble attempts to draw attention from it. How can reasonable men seriously consider entering into international commercial negotiations on a mostfavorednation basis with a country which arbitrarily cancels its international monetary obligations by fiat and demonstrates its utter disregard for property rights or international law? Mr. Chairman. the Congress has a special opportunity to provide forceful evidence of this countrys moral concern and indignation over the problem of the emigration rights of Soviet Jews and the acts of repression against those with courage to speak out. Before the United States can even begin to give serious consideration to establishing any special economic ties with the Soviet Union. that nation must promptly and clearly act to redress its present policies. To do otherwise would amount to a rejection of those lofty principles upon which the United States was founded.
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