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I have also been particularly concerned with the plight of Grigory Geihas. a 25yearold Muscovite who has been recently released from prison on the spurious charge of draft evasion. Grigory has been accepted to study here in the United States at Brandeis University. but still he remains captive to Soviet authority. These are but two of the many documented cases of Soviet denial of the right to emigrate but we pledge to them and to the thousands of others who have applied for exit visas that we will continue to advocate their will and press the Soviets for a relaxation of this pernicious policy. The window of opportunity presents itself today in a more open way than any time in the last 6 years since a President of United States last sat face to face with his Soviet counterpart. We recall the tens of thousands of Soviet Jews who emigrated in that year and see hope that the Soviets will restore the free flow of Jewish and other emigrants across their borders. Mr. President.