Helsinki guarantees are not limited to individual and religious rights. but also extend to the protection of "the right ofnational minoritiesto equality before the law * - * and the full opportunity for freedoms." Protests in Georgia and continuing unrest in the Baltic republics and Ukraine are disturbing indications of blatant Soviet attempts to repress indigenous culture and language in nonRussian republics. Although Jews are one of the few ethnic groups currently allowed to leave the U.S.S.R. in significant numbers. antiSemitic propaganda is on the upsurge in the Soviet Union. Other Soviet ethnic groups with particularly tragic fates are nations. such as the Crimean Tatars. deported by Stalin to remote areas. who still cannot return. As Cochairman at the Commission of Security and Cooperation in Europe. I am deeply concerned about continuing violations of the provisions of the Helsinki accords.
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