The basic conflict between the Russian and American ways of life will never be resolved as long as Russia persists in its suppression of individual liberties. It is one thing to sit down and talk with your opponent and it is another to offer him aid and comfort. In the interest of detente we should talk with Russia. but in the interest of freedom we must not give Russia mostfavorednation status. trade credits. or loan guarantees until freedom of emigration is guaranteed. Only when the Soviet Union grants visas to the more than 100.000 persons who wish to leave. only when it stops using the excuse of state security to prevent the departure of prominent individuals. and only when it allows free emigration from all areas of Russia including the major population centers of Moscow. Leningrad. Kiev and Odessa. should we consider granting the Soviet Union special trade concessions. During this past summer I visited the Jewish refugee center in Vienna. A few months ago. Austria agreed to yield to Arab terror and ordered the center closed.
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