Shcharansky urges the world to persist in its agitation and not to settle for the private diplomacy that was the proximate cause of his own swap for Soviet spies. He urges relentless protests on behalf of other dissidents and the mistreated members of religious and ethnic minorities who seek to leave the Soviet Union. notably Soviet Jews. But the Soviet Government. which once paid for trade and detente by allowing 250.000 Jews to emigrate. insists it will not be moved by clamor. It will at best negotiate "humanitarian" cases in back rooms. After prevailing on President Reagan to mute his criticism at last years Geneva summit.
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