There is no doubt about the fact. Mr. President. that the problem of Romanian emigration has been very sticky. but the numbers ran down very. very seriously. coming down to practically nothing200. 300. or 400 at the mostuntil the Romanian Government found itself so desirous of this trade agreement. at which point. the visas for exit from Romaniathe effective visas. not just the handing out of visas. because between that and actually emigrating is a very big gap. That is one of the great problems we found with Romania. The visas stepped up very. very materially. to about a thousand at this time. The declaration which I have referred to is in earnest that a good rate of exit will be continued. The record. up to currently. going back a very considerable time. has been good in the sense that some 300.000 Jews are said to have been permitted to emigrate from Romania. mostly to Israel. But the fact is that it suddenly dried up. Whether that followed or did not the Soviet policy is not the point at this juncture. The fact is that it dried up and has now been restored and the approval of this trade agreement is our earnest good faith that we are relying upon the mutual confidence with the Romanian Government in order to see that that rate is continued. The Library of Congress has proposed a very interesting memorandum on this particular subject of emigration from Romania and. Mr. President. if Senator RIsICOFF has not inserted it.
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