These are economic opportunitiesjobs and businesswhich could have gone to Americans. There should be no illusions about the nature of the Soviet systembut there should be no illusions about how to deal with it. Our belief in the right of peoples of the world freely to emigrate has been well demonstrated. This legislation. however. not only harmed our relations with the Soviet Union but seriously complicated the prospects of those seeking to emigrate. The favorable trend aided by quiet diplomacy by which emigration increased from 400 in 1968 to over 33.000 in 1973 has been seriously set back. Remedial legislation is urgently needed in our national interest. With the Peoples Republic of China we are firmly fixed on the course set forth in the Shanghai Communique.
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