The issue of Soviet Jewry is of high priority to the Administration. We have repeatedly stated that our concern for human rights in general. and Soviet Jewry in particular. is integral to our national interest and remains a major focus of our foreign policy. In the last few years. we have witnessed a steady decrease in the number of Jews permitted to emigrate from the Soviet Union. The fact that levels of emigration have plummeted and that the instances of harassment and denial of exit visas have increased clearly signify the intensification of Soviet repression and arbitrary treatment of Soviet Jews. Jews are still denied opportunities to gain higher education. They are prevented from securing good jobs. and they are thwarted from studying their own culture and the Hebrew language.
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