Mr. President. a letter has been circulated among U.S. Senatorm. and I am pleased to announce this morning that late last night we obtained the 100th signature marking the full complement of United States Senators on a letter to President Gorbachev. urging that the Implementation of the agreement be immediate to allow for the maximum emigration of Jews from the Soviet Union to the State of Israel. In a recent trip last month to Israel. I was informed by our Ambassador there. Bill Brown. that there were Jews who had exit visas from the Soviet Union and entry visas to Israel. but their airplane tickets were not dated until November of this year. I was asked by Deputy Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do what I could to b -ing United States political sentiment to bear on this issue and later discussed this matter with Prime Minister Shamir. who is very anxious to expedite the transit of Jews from the Soviet Union to Israel. and upon return a letter was prepared. We quickly obtained the leadership support from the majority leader.
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