So many artists. intellectuals. writers. and scientists are confined today in isolation from their families. work. and friends. often in cold dark cells. The Soviets must prove to us that they respect the 1975 Helsinki accords which they signed if they wish us to observe our side of the treaty. In the first few years after the Helsinki accords. progress had been made in permitting Soviet citizens to emigrate to Israel. In 1977. 16.738 Soviet Jews were allowed exit visas. By 1979. the number had more than tripled to 51.320. But last year the number of Soviet Jews allowed to emigrate dropped to only 21.408. As 1 of 12 congressional Members on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. I have the duty to observe Soviet adherence to the Helsinki accords. It is my earnest hope that the Soviets will permit more emigration from their borders during 1981 and will cease the incarceration of Anatoly Shcharansky. Today. Anatoly Shcharansky is a sick man.
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