The Representative Council of French Jewish Organizations (CRIF) has asked the French delegation to the Madrid conference reviewing the Helsinki accords to raise the question of Soviet Jewry and press the Soviet government to respect its international pledges. CRIF launched this appeal Wednesday at a mass meeting of solidarity with Soviet Jewry. Daniel Mayer, President of the International Federation of the Rights of Man, said the situation of Soviet Jews has further deteriorated in recent months.
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