In fact. these men are wellrespected leaders in the Jewish community. They are simply victims of a strategy by Soviet authorities to deny them their fundamental freedoms. Unfortunately. the cases that I have described are only a small sampling of the persecution and harassment facing Jews in the Soviet Union who choose to exercise their right to emigrate by requesting an exit visa. or choose to exercise their right of religious freedom and observe the Jewish faith. Later this week President Reagan and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko will meet and discuss issues of concern to both the United States and the Soviet Union. I have joined with many of my colleagues in urging the President to place the issue of the persecution of Soviet Jews high on his agenda of issues to be discussed with Mr.
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