Americans concerned with the plight of Jews in the Soviet Union cannot hope to change the nature of the Soviet regime. An ideocratic state that has sacrificed millions to the dictates of history is not a viable target for moral appeals. Soviet reactions are the product of very real internal and external perssures. The release of Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky addresses only the most superficial. symbolic dimension of Jewish immigration. American policy must focus on the substance of the linkage between Soviet Jewry and U.S.-U.S.S.R. trade. It is only through this linkage that the longsuffering Jews of the Soviet Union will benefit from a renewed superpower dialog.
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