Detente cannot work if the Soviets are allowed to believe that they can encourage warmaking and military confrontation abroad and practice brutal repression at home. Yet this is the course which the Soviets are continuing to pursue. Internally. they continue to oppose emigration of Jews and various other ethnic groups desiring to join relatives elsewhere. Most of those denied exit visas have lost their jobs and are forced to support themselves through manual labor and help from friends abroad. They are subject to constant harassment and arbitrary arrest. The U.S. Congress is attempting to exert economic pressure on the Soviets to ease these severe emigration restrictions. Legislation which I am cosponsoring attempts to exert pressure by withholding MFN status. Similar efforts are being made to withhold credits and credit extensions.
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