M.B. Oglesby. Jr.. writes that: U.S. influence on Soviet emigration practices and decisions remains limited 0 0 * Well I guess I already knew that. We in the Congress had hoped to encourage the President to try to expand that influence. It does not require a major overhaul of our system. It requires merely a better appreciation for how to use American law and commerce to the advantage of those interests we would try to advancesuch as human rights in the Soviet Union. For instance. the President and his associates might remind the Soviet Government that. under the terms of the JacksonVanik amendment to the Trade Act of 1974. the Soviet Union would be eligible for an expanded trading relationship with the United States if it were to permit the free emigration of persons seeking to do so. The Soviets have demonstrated that they can do this when they want. In 1979 more than 50.000 Soviet Jews were permitted to leave the Soviet Union. In 1984 only 894. If the Soviet Union were to return to the practice of permitting Jews to emigrate in numbers comparable to that registered in 1979. then there would certainly be a willingness among numerous Member of the Congress to explore whether an expanded trading relationship between our two nationsand the granting of most favored nation trading status to the Soviet Unionwould be In order. Mr. President.
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