Speaker. today we join with supporters of human freedom all over the world in observance of a day of unity with the Jews of the Soviet Union. As one who has been deeply involved in this vital issue of human rights since entering Congress in 1979. I want to express my personal dismay at the deterioration of the lives of Jews in the U.S.S.R. and the drastic decline in emigration since that time. During this period. three different men have led the Soviet Union and during this period antiSemitism has increased shockingly while Soviet adherence to the Helsinki accords has remained a hollow pretense. Just this week. I received a letter from Elena Fridman. sister of Ida Nudel. who has been a focus of Soviet persecution and harassment since she first sought to emigrate to Israel some 13 years ago. The news from Mrs. Fridman was not good.
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