Mr. President. this is an historic day. not only for our relations with the other industrialized market economies of the world for whom this trade bill will provide a framework for greater cooperation in the face of economic adversity. but also for our relations with the Soviet Union and other nonmarket economies. A key to growing economic cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union has long been the question of emigration. I was quite pleased and satisfied by the agreement reached in Washington last October on this question. In a recent visit to the Soviet Union. I discussed this issue extensively with the Soviet leaders and with Soviet Jews who had been hoping to emigrate. many of them for many years. It was abundantly clear. particularly from the standpoint of the Jewish leaders. that passage of this trade bill is an essential ingredient in their being able to realize their hopes of emigration. I met with quite a number of potential Jewish emigrants. In particular. I talked with Viktor Polsky.
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