Today I am adopting this family and will be writing to let them know that we continue to care for their welfare and basic human rights. In the next few days. I shall be writing to the Soviet Government in behalf of the Valsblit family. urging them to let these people emigrate on humanitarian grounds and as guaranteed by certain international accords signed by their Government. The Helsinki Final Act. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights all guarantee this freedom. I have previously noted that a record )ow of only 896 Jews were released in 1984. However. in January and February of 1985. only 149 Soviet Jews were granted visas to emigrate. If these numbers continue. 1985 will set another record low. I call upon the Soviet Government to reverse this trend and once again to "Let my people go."o
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