Today. 5 days before the superpower summit during which we will sign the INF agreement. a question posed by my colleague STENY HOYER at the last "Capitol to Capitol" broadcast is very timely. Representative HOYER asked the Soviet panelist how we could expect them to carry out the terms of an INF agreement. when the U.S.S.R. does not honor their commitments under the Helsinki Final Act and other international documents. Although we cannot ignore the progress made this year. we know of 11.000 refuseniks still being denied exist visas. and as many as 400.000 Soviet Jews who have begun the emigration process. In this context. the current emigration levels are merely a drop in the bucket. Ironically. a recent poll conducted jointly by Soviet and French sociological institutions shows a substantial majority of Soviet citizens believe individuals desiring to emigrate should be allowed to do so. Little is known about the faceless thousandsthe hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews who do not speak English. live in remote regions. or do not have close relatives abroad. It is very difficult for these people to draw attention to their plight or for us to offer them sufficient support.
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