1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="aZEigbI841"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/trade-union-leader-says-soviets-promised-release-of-jewish-prisoners-easing-of-exit-restrictions">Trade Union Leader Says Soviets Promised Release of Jewish Prisoners, Easing of Exit Restrictions</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/trade-union-leader-says-soviets-promised-release-of-jewish-prisoners-easing-of-exit-restrictions/embed#?secret=aZEigbI841" width="600" height="338" title="“Trade Union Leader Says Soviets Promised Release of Jewish Prisoners, Easing of Exit Restrictions” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="aZEigbI841" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Robert Hawke, president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, confirmed here yesterday that Soviet officials told him in Moscow last week that they will ease emigration restrictions for Soviet Jews and release Jewish activists now in prison, perhaps including Anatoly Shchransky. Hawke described his meeting with Aleksei Shibayev, the Soviet trade union chief, to […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315