We in the U.S. Senate must be vigilant in calling on the Soviet Union to stop its persecution of all its citizens. including Jews. Christians and those of other faiths. and to respect their basic human rightsincluding the right to emigrate freely. The Soviets must be put on notice that continued harassment of religious groups poses a serious impediment to improved United States.Soviet relations and that closer ties cannot be gained at the expense of the oppressed. Today. I wish to direct the attention of my colleagues to the case of Ida Nudel who has been seeking to emigrate from the Soviet Union since 1971 so that she may be reunited with her sister in Israel. In 1978. Ida hung a banner outside her apartment wir.Jow asking the Soviet authorities for an exit visa. For making this simple appeal. she was sent to Siberia to serve a 4year sentence of internal exile for malicious hooliganism. Many of you are very familiar with her plight and have worked on her behalf.
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