A worldwide outcry greeted the harsh sentences meted out last winter to eleven Soviet citizensnine of them Jews trying to get to Israelconvicted of conspiring to hijack an aircraft and fly it to Sweden. As a result, Moscow commuted the two death sentences handed down at the trial to 15-year terms in labor camps. A special section of the Ministry for Internal Affairs was set up to speed emigration to Israel, and in twelve busy weeks 2,300 Russian Jews were permitted to leave the countrymore than in any year since Israel was founded in 1948.
Now Moscow's policy has shifted...
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