I ask that the following Senators be included as cosponsors: The Senator from Washington . the Senator from California . and the Senator from New Jersey . In an effort to modify the amendment. so that it clearly recognizes that the Austrian Government has. up until this year. followed a very enlightened and humane policy by which they permitted Soviet emigrees to go in groups through the territory of Austria. I modify my amendment so that it reads as follows: At the end of the bill. add the following new section: SEC. 23. (a) The Senate finds that(1) The Austrian Governments decision to close the main. if not the only. transit facility for Soviet Jews jeopardizes the fate of hundreds of Jews and of Soviet refugees. and (b) It is. therefore. the sense of the Senate that the President should take immediate and determined steps to(1) impress upon the Austrian Government the grave concern of the American people that capitulation to terrorists encourages further attempts at blackmail. and (2) call upon the Austrian Government to reverse its decision and again permit group travel by Soviet Union emigrants through Austria on their way to freedom and new lives. (3) urge all governments to take whatever actions are necessary to permit and facilitate the travel of refugees. This is an attempt to make clear what we are interested in. namely. an expression of deep concern by the U.S. Senate as to the closing of transit facilities that are essential to the emigration of Jewish emigrees who have been subjected to oppression.
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