Soviet Jewish emigration for the first seven months of this year is about seven percent less than in the corresponding period in 1972, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned today from an American source. Through July of this year the emigration totaled 16,469, compared with 17,659 last year.
Most of the drop took place during June when Soviet Communist Party Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev was visiting the United States. The June total was 1922, almost 1000 less than in June 1972 when it totaled 3070. The last available figure was for the week ending August 4, in which 471 emigrants were recorded. This would indicate the emigration rate is about the same as for July when 2146 were listed. In July 1972 the total was almost the same, 2163.
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