If the release to refuseniks was not important to the West. then the Soviets would not have released them in order to generate a feeling of good will. There can be no doubt in their minds about the importance of the release of refuseniks and its impact on public opinion in the West. We must not delude ourselves that the Soviets have had a change of heart and have decided to adopt more humanitarian emigration policies. Instead. we should see these gestures for what they arecarefully thought out steps designed to achieve an explicit goal. We must continue to exercise the leverage we have by exerting steady pressure on the Soviet Government to release refuseniks through letters. telegrams. et cetera. in order to achieve these limited responses and offer hope to those still awaiting release.
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