It is impossible to even begin to describe the lack of respect for human rights and freedom they are experiencing in the Soviet Union. In recent months. officially sanctioned antiSemitism has become a permanent characteristic of the media. The open antiSemitism by the press. the increasing number of arrests. and the emigration figures. reveal the tragic plight and injustice suffered by Soviet Jews. This is not the end of the story. The Soviet antiZionist Committee. established last year. has also launched a vigorous attack on Soviet Jews. Their propaganda has included equating Zionism with Nazism and a desire to emigrate with treason. The Soviet Government has intensified forced cultural assimilation and attempted to sever the Soviet Jewish community from any contact from abroad. Clearly the decline in emigration and the worsening human rights situation are issues deserving congressional attention. It is our responsibility. as citizens of a free world. to employ political and social pressure to stop the tyrannical behavior of Soviet authorities. The harassment. arrests. and imprisonment of innocent Soviet Jews must cease.
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