Unfortunately. the Helsinki accords have not lived up to that hope. The Soviet view of Helsinki has increasingly glossed over what in western minds has become the accords main promise. and perhaps the source of its main failingthe pledge by the 35 signatories to guarantee certain human rights. to open the flow of information. and to improve contacts across borders. One indicator of the Soviet record on human rights. for example. is the rate at which Moscow allows Soviet Jews to emigrate. In 1979. 51.320 Jews were allowed to emigrate. That number dwindled to 896 in 1984. To date in 1985. less than 500 have been allowed to leave.
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