But I would hopeas one who has given this matter considerable thoughtthat the basis of my decision to vote for the second Vanik amendment will be recognized as a sincere expression of my personal feelings about the repression of religious and cultural minorities in the Soviet Union. I would ask. also. that my decision to vote for the Conable striking amendment be recognized as one resting on a degree of principle and conviction equal to that demonstrated by those who have insisted on my support of the Vanik approach. We must presume that the emigration policies of any country are part of the whole cloth of the culture and policies of its citizens. By mandating. then. the Vanik language. we are also mandatingas the Wall Street Journal has suggestedthat the Soviet Union must change the basic nature of its society as a condition of future economic exchange with the United States. And. in my previous correspondence with many of my proVanik constituents.
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