President. I told the minister that if these reports are "dead cats." he would be astonished at the platoons of dead cats now roaming the West. To the charge that the Soviet Union did not permit freedom of emigration: You have been speaking with malcontents. Everyone who applies for an exit visa gets it at all levels. We do not hold anybody except those held because they break Soviet laws. I can give you the figures. Everyone who wants to emigrate has the right. The only grounds to refuse exit visas are possession of state secretsjust as is the case in your country. There is a five year guarantee on possession of state secrets. The problem of emigration doesnt exist. It is only invented by those who are interested in destroying the good relations of our two countries. Be assured that what I am saying is true. To the charge that immediately after the publication of the exchange of letters between Secretary Kissinger and Senator JACKSON regarding Soviet undertakings to liberalize their emigration policy. Soviet Jews seeking to emigrate to Israel have been subjected to an intensification of harassment. including the loss of jobs. threats of prosecution. and the disconnection of telephones: Such facts are not known to me. They are phony. It is probably the work of hooligans.
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