Speech #980262595

On September 28. 1984. our President will be meeting for the first time in his administration with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. It is imperative that. at this meeting. our deep commitment to the basic principles of human rights and religious freedom be conveyed and reaffirmed. On behalf of the 400.000 Soviet Jews that have risked their lives. their careers and their peace of mind and declared their wish to emigrate from the Soviet Union to seek the right to exercise their beliefs. I join my colleagues in urging that the plight of Soviet Jewry be remembered and in helping to convey the message that we will neither forget nor abandon this case. We have a moral obligation to continue protesting human rights abuses at every step.-