Representatives of 14 West European Jewish communities today expressed their solidarity with Soviet Jewry and called upon the Soviet government to halt its anti-Jewish campaign and permit the emigration of all Jews who want to leave Russia. The representatives of the 14 communities met here today with Rabbi Israel-Miller, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. and Stanley Lowell. chairman of the National conference on Soviet Jewry, to draw up a joint plan “to fight for the physical and moral liberation of Soviet Jewry.”
The conference, which met behind closed doors, viewed “with serious concern” the 40 percent reduction in 1974 of the number of Jews permitted by the Soviet authorities to emigrate to Israel as compared with 1973.
The conference, which did not reveal its plans, also examined the possible consequences of Moscow’s repudiation of its trade agreement with the United States. it blamed Russia’s refusal” on the limited amount of U.S. credits” provided for the Soviet Union, The conference “rejected” the attempt to explain the break by saying it was motivated by certain clauses concern in the liberalization of emigration and cessation of harassment.
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