The National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported that 72 Jews emigrated from the Soviet Union in April, 25 more than were allowed to emigrate in March. Of the 72 April emigrants, 18 went to Israel. From October 1968 to April 1986, 265,939 persons left the USSR with Israeli visas and some 163,620 of them went to Israel, according to Jerry Goodman, executive director of the National Conference.
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