I appreciate the generosity of the floor manager and our distinguished colleague on this matter. Mr. President. for more than two decades. the United States has had as one of its priorities in our international relationship with the Soviet Union to have that nation ease its emigration policy. Many of us have been involved over the past several years in individual cases of persons who had been denied the right to emigrate. year after year. for what appeared to be transparent rationale. We now are seeing the tangible results of those over 20 years of effort to reform the Soviets emigration policy. Approximately 180.000 Soviet Jews were able to leave the Soviet Union last year. more than any previous year. Hundreds of thousands more are expected to leave in the months ahead.
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