The Soviet Government has placed a force field of silence and isolation around this group of citizensrelatives. friends. and people throughout the world who are concerned over the treatment and conditions of Jews in the Soviet Union are unable to provide even rudimentary assistance. The scurrilous campaign of harassment being conducted by the Soviet regime against Soviet Jews brings only the deepest shame and condemnation upon the perpetrators. Over the past 5 years. the rate of Soviet Jewish emigration has declined precipitously. plummeting from a monthly average of approximately 4.000 in 1979 to less than 82 today. and harassment of Jews seeking to leave the Soviet Union has increased markedly in recent months. In addition. the fate of prisoners of conscience and the many hundreds of longterm refuseniksthose Soviet Jews who have been waiting to leave for more than 5 yearsremains in question. Along with a number of my colleagues.
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