We remain deeply concerned about these shortcomings. The Helsinki Commission. in its frequent contact with Soviet officials. has presented lists of refuseniks and urged in the strongest terms the resolution of their cases. But despite these reservations. the fundamental shifts in emigration policy dictate at th._ls time our extension of MFN to the Soviet Union. We must give reality its due: Things have changed in the U.S.S.R.. and so must our attitudes and policies. And even if MFN does not offer much help to a decaying Soviet economy. we can hardly. as winter approaches. fail to take this elementary step.
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