The President has expressed his willingness to consider this step. I urge him to use his authority to waive JacksonVanik for a year. thereby helping to normalize economic relations and ex.rid the possibilities for trade. Since 1974. the United States has linked the granting of Most Favored Nation status to Soviet willingness to allow its citizens to emigrate. Soviet emigration figures continue rising to new levels while the Government outlines legal reforms to institutionalize free emigration. Now is an appropriate time for the United States to respond to change we have sought for over a decade. Without taking an irreversible step. we can demonstrate our willingness to affirm and encourage further openness within the Soviet Union.
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