The subcommittee intends to continue its investigations into this area by conducting a hearing on Soviet Jewry In the near future. One distressing fact which clearly emerges from these undertakings is that the human rights situation in the Soviet Union is getting worse. This is palpably exemplified by the plight of the Jewish minority. who continue to suffer countless forms of inhumanity. The statistics are startling. In 1979. more than 51.000 Jews were allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union. In 1984. the number dropped dramatically to less than 1.000. So far this year there is no evidence of any improvement.
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