At this stage of the debate. I wish to make only two preliminary points. First. the last 20 years have been marked by a United States foreign policy that emphasized the free immigration of Soviet Jews to Israel. This policy remains an essential element in our efforts to maintain strong relations with the Soviet Union. These strong relations with the Soviet Union would not be possible without free emigration of its Jewish population. To the extent that the proposed guarantees make such immigration possible. they must be seen as a continuation of a policy begun many years ago. They are at once the fulfillment of an obligation incurred when we adopted the policy. and the mechanism to permit fruition of its goals. Second.
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