I am enouraged by the recent improvement in relations between the United States and the leadership of the Soviet Union. but I will not allow this to silence appeals for Soviet Jewry. There is only one reason why the Soviet Jews are persecuted: they wish to practice their religion in freedom. There are some who would like to emigrate to Israel. to be reunited with family and friends. Others wish to go to the promised land to begin their lives over. and live in the land of their religious ancestors. There are. however. those who do not want to leave their homes. Understandably. they would rather witness a change in the hostile conditions which they endure. It is my sincere hope that those who daily live in freedom will not forget those who still struggle against religious. ethnic. and cultural persecution. Perhaps the actions of free people on behalf of the Soviet Jews. will some day result in the recognition by the Soviet leadership that the rights of emigration and religious worship are fundamental to all people.*
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