President. I rise today to urge President Bush to grant mostfavorednation trading status to the Soviet Union and to encourage the administration to invite President Gorbachev to the London economic summit in July. The Soviet legislatures passage of a free emigration bill is a momentous step in the history of the Soviet Union. The new law marks the first time. in either in Czarist Russia or In the Soviet Union. that people will be able to enjoy unfettered freedom of movement. The Soviets have already shown their good faith by permitting 400.000 people to leave in 1990 alone. The high rate of Soviet emigration over the past 4 years should be recognized and encouraged. Recent Soviet moves meet the requirements we have long demanded under the JacksonVanik trade legislation. Soviet action speaks louder than could any of the fine print that the State Department says it Is waiting for its lawyers to read before recommending MFN for the Soviets.
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