The West has seen manifestations of these policies in new style Soviet elections. limited economic reforms and a slick public relations campaign. But the litmus test of sincerity for glasnost rests in the implementation of policies which guarantee the human rights of Soviet Jews and all Soviet citizens. While the new Soviet leadership speaks of openness. thousands of Soviet Jews seeking to emigrate are finding that the gates to freedom are closed. In all of 1986 only 914 Soviet Jews were permitted to emigrate from the Soviet Union. Recently. we have seen the release of a number of prominent dissidents. and in the first 5 months of 1987 over 2.300 Jews left the Soviet Union. These are encouraging trends.
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