These families have suffered long enough the torment of separation from their loved ones. It is time for the immediate reunification of such divided families. While there has been a slight increase in the number of Jews leaving. there are still 400.000 Jews in the Soviet Union who wish to emigrate. They languish without jobs. without protection. without freedom to live fully as Jews. We ask for consistent emigration procedures. We ask for the abandonment of the emigration decree of January 1. 1987. We ask for the removal of fabricated "state secret" refusals. We ask for an increase in emigration figures to at least match the 1979 figures. We ask for freedom of choice of destination. and last but not least we ask for a dramatic upswing in freedom of Jewish study and expression inside the Soviet Union. Mr.
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