Speech #980174580

I believe that. as Members of this body. we must continue to take every opportunity to speak out against the flagrant denial of basic human rights in the Soviet Union. Mr. Speaker. conditions in the Soviet Union have been deteriorating at a rapid rate for those of Jewish faith. Not only is emigration at an altime low. with a mere 1.218 Jewish people allowed to leave in 1983 compared to the almost 51.000 allowed to leave in 1979. but reports of widespread harrassment and oppression are on the increase. the antiSemitic policies of the Soviet Government have made the daily existence of many Soviet Jews a difficult. frustrating and seemingly