In view of its arms buildup and its financing of aggression in other parts of the world. the Soviet Union should not receive trade concessions in any case. In fact. the United States should be demanding farreaching foreign policy concessions from the Soviet Union in return for trade credits and mostfavored nation status. First. free emigration is a basic human right. Critics of the Vanik amendment argue that the United States should not interfere In the internal affairs of the Soviet Union. However. for any nation to belong to the community of nations. it must fulfill minimum requirements. and free emigration is one of those. Further. repression and harassment by the Soviet secret police continue. By voting to prohibit trade credits. we will encourage the Soviet Union to end this persecution. Second. Soviet Jews and other minorities want to leave the Soviet Union. Israel needs the Soviet Jews who will go to Israel if free emigration is possible. Immigrants are Israels lifeblood and are especially important since the recent Middle East war. Third. recent actions of the Soviet Union prove that we must be more hardheaded in our dealings with the Soviets. Critics of the trade credits prohibition argue that its passage will threaten d6tente.
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