Jewish Issue to Be on Agenda
President Reagan assured a group of Jewish leaders today that he will discuss the plight of Soviet Jews during his summit with Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev in November, one of the participants said.
Morris Abram, chairman of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, told reporters that the President “promised that the issue would be raised.” But Abram, who led seven Jewish representatives at the meeting, said they do not believe that freedom for Soviet Jews and other human rights concerns should be formally linked to arms control or other agreements with the Soviet Union.
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