Mr. President. this is something that this Congress has already recognized with respect to the trade reform bill. I speak of the Jackson amendment that would withhold mostfavorednation status and the extension of commercial credits to any nonnarket economy nation that denies Its citizenz the right of emigration. This restriction has been adopted by the House of Representatives. and the amendment in the Senate is sponsored by 70 Senators. But while the Jackson amendment serves the great humanitarian objective of using our leverage to induce the Soviet Union to let people seek their destinies elsewhere. of requiring the Soviets to honor their solemn undertaking as signatories to the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights as it respects the right of emigration. my amendment would have the complimentary effect of requiring. as a condition to the extension by the United States of certain privileges and benefits. that information and Ideas be allowed entry into the Soviet Union in the form of uninterrupted radio broadcasts. More than that. the objective of my amendment. namely. the requirement that the Soviet bloc desist from Jamming broadcasts sponsored or supported by the United States. is one that Is not only supportive of the policy of ddtente. but essential to its ultimate success. The rulers of the Soviet Union have shown an insatiable appetite for the goods and technology of the West.
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