What we are saying is that Soviet policies here are a strong sign of whether or not the Soviet Union can be expected to live up to agreements of any sort. This is a matter of humanitarian concern. to be sure. but it is also a matter of proper international behavior. The drastic decline in emigration from the Soviet Union in the last several years is simply not consistent with the norms which we have every right to expect will be met by a major nation of the world. Each of us can point to many tragic cases of families who have been separated. Before yielding the floor. I would like to mention just one which has been of considerable concern to me recently. Last month I participated in a moving ceremony in my hometown of Indianapolis to express the concern of many of my fellow Hoosiers about Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. At that time. I met againwith Lev Pevzner. who came to Indiana from the Soviet Union in 1980.
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