Soviet officials have broken up religious study circles and beaten and detained both teachers and students. During the last year. Hebrew teachers have been arrested and sentenced to prisons or labor camps. In addition. the Soviet news media disseminates antisemitic propaganda. belittling Jewish history and maligning Jewish activists. Mr. President. we must continue to speak out on the plight of Soviet Jewry. Improvement In emigration policy for Soviet Jews is a vital precondition for the establishment of better ties between the United States and the Soviet Union. The appalling legacy of antiSemitism in the Soviet Union must be ended once and for all. We cannot permit this injustice to be ig. nored.*
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