Mr. President. I am pleased to join my esteemed colleagues today In calling for the humane and expeditious treatment of Jews living within the borders of the Soviet Union who wish to emigrate from that country. My friend and colleague. RUDY BOSCHWITZ of Minnesota. is to be especially commended for his leadership in bringing together this congressional call to conscience. The number of Jews who are allowed to leave the Soviet Union has drastically plummeted in recent years. As an example. consider the number of Jews allowed to emigrate from the Soviet Union in 1979. In that year. 51.000 emigrations were permitted for Soviet Jews. which is an alltime high. That figure seems unbelievable when examining emigration figures for recent years. So far this year. fewer than 500 Soviet Jews have been al. lowed to leave their country to join their families abroad. Something is terribly wrong.
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