It was in that spirit. Mr. President. that the United States people. through their Congress. committed themselves to a linkage of improvement in our relations with the Soviet Union to the Soviet Union allowing its citizens to emigrate. After the adoption of the JacksonVanik amendment. Soviet emigration dipped again. In the late 1970s. in 1979. after the completion of the negotiations on SALT II. emigration rose again and reached a peak of 51.000 Soviet Jews. During the 1980s. emigration fell. averaging approximately 1.000 Soviet Jewish emigres throughout that decade. Mr. President. if I could inject a personal experience. it was in 1988 that I had the opportunity to share Passover seder with the Zelenohonick family of what was then called Leningradnow St.
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