Speech #980166551

I commend my colleagues for organizing this special order so that. as Members of the U.S. Congress. we too can voice our concern for those citizens who suffer from Soviet human rights violations. To mention just one example of that violation. I would like to pay tribute to four Soviet meteorologists who have suffered from discrimination based on their Jewish heritage. Since 1979. all have been refused permission to emigrate. Their professional careers as distinguished specialists in atmospheric physics have been thwarted if not destroyed entirely. I am inserting a copy of the letter than I. along with 69 of my colleagues. sent to former Secretary Yuriy Andropov on their behalf.