These assurances will have to be carefully and closely monitored. At the present time there continue to be awful examples of harassment contrary to the spirit of the agreement. I am very concerned about the case of Mikhail Shtern. a Jewish doctor from the small Ukrainian city of Vinnetsa. who was imprisoned on trumped up charges after he had made an application to emigrate. The trial of Dr. Shtern began on December 11. Freedom to emigrate is a fundamental individual right. and I hope the Soviet Government reacts to Senate adoption of this waiver by permitting Dr. Shtern and the many others in his position to emigrate.
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