I join my colleagues on the floor of the House and Senate in an urgent appeal to the leaders of the Soviet Union to release Anatoly Shcharansky from prison. We must be firm that when we enter into a comprehensive international agreement. we must expect compliance with all the provisions. not just those provisions that suit Russian convenience. The Helsinki accord is just such an agreement. And in that agreement are explicit commitments undertaken by the signatory states to ease the restrictions on travel and emigration of citizens. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I strongly urge the Soviets not to violate this agreement.
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