President. I deeply regret that my colleagues and I must mark another year with Call to Conscience statements. While tremendous changes have occurred over the past 2 years in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. they have unfortunately not been enough to end the need for the Senates annual Call to Consciencethe need to insist that the Soviet Union allow Soviet Jews. and all oppressed people. to emigrate freely. Although the central Soviet Government has passed a liberalized emigration law. it remains to be seen how vigorously it will be enforced and what loopholes it might contain. I worry particularly about how some of the Kremlins old. tired excuses to prevent emigration will be used in the future. Still today Soviet Jews are being told they cannot leave the Soviet Union because of secrecy concerns. For example.
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