As a longtime activist in the Moscow refusenik community. Abramovich has also sent appeals to numerous Soviet officials and international human rights organizations. and he has been arrested on several occasions for demonstrating in protest of his continued denials. It is my strong belief that by granting the Abramovich family permission to emigrate. the Soviet Union would not only indicate to the world its willingness to comply with the Helsinki accords. but would also affirm its desire to improve relations between our Nation and the U.S.S.R. This action would be particularly significant coming at the beginning of Secretary Chernenkos administration and would serve as an affirmation of his governments commitment to human rights. I fervently hope that Secretary Chernenko will seek to reverse the drastic decline in Soviet Jewish emigration which has taken place in the last few years.o
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