GREasN for taking out this special order on behalf of Soviet Jewry. I had hoped that the new leader of the Soviet Union. Mr. Konstantin Chernenko. would initiate a reasonable emigration policy for Sovet Jews. However. Mr. Speaker. so far he has not done so. In 1983. only 1.314 Soviet Jews were allowed to emigrate to Israel or to other nations of their choice. By contrast. in 1979. 51.320 Soviet Jews werc permitted to emigrate. Mr. Chernenko has a golden opportunity to use his transition period as the new Soviet leader to greatly upgrade the human rights record of the U.S.S.R. for the year 1984.
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