Alexander Zonis. Vladimir Dashevsky. and Evgeny Lein. there are hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews also waiting. I challenge Secretary Gorbachev to let these individuals emigrate before the end of 1987. and to develop a systematic and fair emigration process. Mr. Gorbachev claimed during his recent NBC interview that they consider all specific. individual emigration cases in a very attentive and thorough manner according to Soviet laws. If that is true. then maybe the Soviets need to reevaluate their laws. Maybe they need to reread Basket Three of the Helsinki Final Act of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. which their country has signed. The importance of time in the consideration of Soviet emigration and human rights policies cannot be overstated. When we speak of refuseniks. religious prisoners of conscience. and the use of punitive psychiatry for political purposes. we are speaking of individuals who cannot wait forever. I look forward to the day.
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