Word: soviet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cries of recognition burst forth. Bouquets of flowers were crushed as those waiting embraced the new arrivals. "We are so, so happy to be here," a balding man from the Ukraine sobbed, as he hugged the sister he thought he would never see again. He was one of 600 Soviet Jews arriving last week on four flights of refugees let loose by Moscow's easing emigration policy. Said a young engineer from Kiev: "I tried so long to leave and wanted so much to come here. I can't believe it." Said Sofia Mineyeva, a young English teacher...
...Iowa last week, another group of homeless refugees found sanctuary in a new land. There were not many relatives to greet the 196 Vietnamese "boat people" as their chartered jet from Malaysia landed in Des Moines, but their expressions of joy and hope were much like those of the Soviet Jews. Tran Qui Son, 26, had fled Viet Nam by boat with his wife and two young sons after the Communist regime had forced him to close his appliance repair shop. They floated to Malaysia, where they huddled with 60,000 other refugees awaiting a new home. Said...
...displaced persons in various parts of the world. Current U.S. law technically permits 17,400 such refugees to settle annually in America and become citizens after five years of permanent residency. But last fiscal year, using emergency "parole" power, Attorney General Griffin Bell permitted entry of 18,000 Soviet Jews and 25,000 Indochinese. In March he announced another such parole: 25,000 Soviet and Eastern European refugees (mostly Jews) and 35,000 Indochinese will be allowed in by October. Bell is uncomfortable with such an improvised approach to refugee admissions. He strongly supports the Administration's proposed Refugee...
...flow of Soviet Jewish refugees has varied greatly. Fewer than 10,000 were allowed by Moscow to emigrate during the entire period 1961-71. That number soared to more than 30,000 in 1972 and 1973, then dropped sharply, then rose again last summer. This year's total may reach...
Thatcher shares a fear widespread among Tories that in pursuing SALT Carter has lost sight of the global Soviet threat. An early test for the Anglo-American alliance may come over Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. Many Tories favor recognition of the new biracial government headed by Bishop Abel Muzorewa. It is unlikely, though, that the Thatcher government would move to recognize the new Zimbabwe-Rhodesian regime prior to the August meeting of the Commonwealth Conference in Zambia...