My support. however. is coupled with serious concerns about Mr. Veritys stated position on the JacksonVanik amendment and on granting of mostfavorednation status to the Soviet Union. Although I am pleased by the recent release of several prominent Jewish refuseniks from the Soviet Union. this good news must be considered in the sobering context of the other hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens who have been denied their human rights. including the right to emigrate. At this time. it is estimated that 400.000 Jewish citizens have been denied this basic right. and emigration levels are far below the 1979 level of 51.000. Given this fact. the United States must not relax its insistence on an acceptable human rights and emigration record before granting mostfavorednation status. JacksonVanik is an indispensable tool for signaling to the Soviet Union our determination to keep human rights at the forefront of United StatesU.S.S.R. relations. To relax. or ignore.
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