Thus. on this occasion. the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act. I wish to draw the attention of my colleagues to the situation of religious communities in the Soviet Union. While we all rejoice in the recent happy resolution of the 23year emigration struggle of two Pentecostal families. the Vashchenkos and Chymkhalovs. there are at least 30.000 other Soviet Evangelical Protestants who want to emigrate as the only way to escape generations of religious persecution in the U.S.S.R. There are also about 300.000 Soviet Jews who want to escape antiSemitism. So. for those of us who are committed to bettering the situation of religious believersJews.
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