Mr. Speaker. the treatment of Soviet Jews by the Soviet state continues to deteriorate. This trend is at once dangerous and disturbing. The rate of Jewish emigration from the U.S.S.R. has dropped from a high of 51.320 in 1979 to a nadir of 896 in 1984. At the same time the situation for the Jewish community remaining in the Soviet Union has deteriorated. We have witnessed increased harassment of Hebrew teachers and cultural activists which have resulted in a wave of searches. threats. and arrests. Changes in leadership have not resulted in a change of policy. One blatant example of the continuing policy of harassment of Soviet Jews is the treatment being given Yelena Bonner and her husband.
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