Speaker. the oppression of the Soviet Jews continues unabated. and it is important for us to keep their plight in the public view. I would like to remind Members of the continuing struggle of Vladimir Lifshitz. He is a Soviet Jew who was forced to resign his job as head of the National Research Institute of Jewry. simply because he applied to emigrate from the U.S.S.R. to Israel. Mr. Lifshitz was denied an exit visa on the grounds that it was against the interest of the Soviet state. Mr. Lifshitz was not satisfied. and subsequently wrote a letter to the Supreme Soviet claiming that his rights under Soviet law had been violated.
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