Mr. Chairman. the amendment I am offering simply calls on the Soviet Union to allow Soviet Jews to emigrate freely. Over the recent weeks and months. human rights activists the world over have had a bittersweet reaction to the marked increase in Soviet Jewry emigration. The number of Jews departing the Soviet Union in the month of October almost equalled the total number allowed to leave in 1986. In fact. it is likely that the total number of 1987 will be greater than the emigration over the last 5 years combined. A number of individuals who were informed by the OVIR. the Moscow visa office. last February that they would never be allowed to leave the country are now in Israel or have recently received permission to emigrate. We are hopeful. Mr.
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