When he testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Dec. 3. Mr. Kissinger took note of Soviet sensibilities and said that Moscow had told the Administration "repeatedly that the Soviet Union considered the issue of emigration a matter of its own domestic legislation and practices not subject to international negotiation." "With this as a background." Mr. Kissinger said. "I must state flatly that if I were to assert here that a formal agreement on emigration from the U.S.S.R. exists between our two governments. that statement would immediately be repudiated by the Soviet Government." But under questioning from Senators. Mr. Kissinger said that as the result of conversations with Leonid I. Brezhnev. the Soviet leader. and Mr. Gromyko. the Administration expected the number of emigrants to rise if the number of applicants rises also. Senator Jackson and Mr. Kissinger both assumed that the applicants would increase once the trade law went into effect.
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