President. I support the United States provision of loan guarantees to Israel to assist in the settlement of Soviet Jews. The United States made the free emigration of Soviets. and Soviet Jews in particular. a high priority in its dealings with the Soviet Union over the last 45 years. Though the dissolution of the Soviet Union has led to a much more open emigration policy. our commitment to the freedom of Jews in the former Soviet Union has not ended. I believe that we have a moral and historical obligation to do what we can to assist Israel in absorbing the 750.000 to 1 million Soviet Jews expected to arrive there over the next few years. Last fall. it seemed that the debate over providing loan guarantees was focused on when the guarantees would be provided rather than whether they would be provided at all.
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