DEAR MR. AMBASSADOR: I am dismayed that your government has responded to Arab terrorist activity by closing Schoenau Castle Transit Camp. For years. your country has served admirably as a humanitarian haven for tens of thousands of refugees who have risked imprisonment in the Soviet Union to seek permission to emigrate to Israel. Closing this sanctuary will cause severe hardship to future refugees. Although I sympathize with your governments desire to save lives. capitulation to terrorism only encourages further terrorism. Terrorists successful in Austria will be quick to strike all other avenues of transit. Soon. obtaining permission to leave the Soviet Union may be only the first of many obstacles to emigration to Israel. I strongly urge your government to reconsider the issue and rescind Kreiskys decision. Sincerely.
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