Yelena Bonners travel to the West and the movement to reunite the divided family cases. Nevertheless. the Soviet record on human rights still has far to go. Emigration continues at a trickle. Only 72 Jews were permitted to leave in April making the emigration total 272 Jews for the first third of 1986. At this rate the total for 1986 would be 846. well below last years total of 1.140. a dismal amount as compared to the peak year of 1979 when over 51.000 Jews were able to emigrate. We must stress to the Soviets that we will not be satisfied with sporadic humanitarian gestures. We want to see constant improvements and it is time that they recognize the high priority that the United States places on human rights. Whether it is trade or arms control or science and technology that our negotiators have with the Soviet Union. I believe that we must make it clear t al. emigration and human rights are not only going to be somewhere on the agenda. but that they will be part of all negotiations. Mr. Speaker. hopes and prayers and fasting on behalf of Soviet Jewry demonstrates our solidarity with these divided families But. we must do more.
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