The aftershock has reverberated in many areas around the world. however. all the implications of this incident still are not known. The many Members of this body who are solidly committed to the preservation and promotion of human rights for Soviet Jews and others. are understandably concerned about the effect of the KAL tragedy on the thousands upon thousands of Soviet citizens who are already suffering greatly under Soviet oppression. In particular. we are outraged at the Soviet emigration policy. which. prior to recent events had already deteriorated vastly. That the Soviets have ignored their family reunification and human rights assurances of Helsinki is a wellknown fact. Now. we must logically fear that the Soviet Jewish community will suffer even more under the Soviet regime which uses refuseniks as pawns in the larger international struggle in which these innocent people have so great a stake. We must not forsake our efforts for a more humane Soviet emigration policy in the wake of the KAL tragedy. The Soviet Union can never fully redeem itself of responsibility for this tragedy. While this fact will not change. the time is certainly ripe for an expression of humanitarianism from the Soviet Government.
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