This latest display of the Kremlins inhumanity to man does not override the need for further relaxation of tension. and a reduction of the risk of nuclear conflict between the worlds two most powerful nations. And. as a practical matter. apart from the philosophy of when to conduct business with whom. blanket condemnation of Soviet internal policies on moralistic grounds and the overuse of leverage by economic means are not likely to succeed with the U.S.S.R. In fact. and despite some American claims to the contrary. the Soviets have moved to a noticeable degree on the vexing question of freedom to emigrate. over the past year. What was a trickle of emigrants from Russia has now grown to thousands. I am informed by our Government that the education taxes that were levied on many Soviet citizensespecially Jewish citizensare not. in fact. being collected. So. however antithetical to American ideals and to the American system of government the Soviet system may be. it is naive for us to expect that the Soviet Union will make a formal admission that its system is wrong. or that it will codify to the world and to its own citizens that a new set of values is being accepted in response to pressures from the United States or anywhere else.
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