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WOLF BLITZER

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1989

resident George Bush
has defended his ad-
ministration's deci-
sion to restrict the number of
Soviet Jewish and other
immigrants to the United
States.
"We have got to have an
overall immigration policy
that keeps the control of our
demographics in our hands,"
the president told reporters.
He pointed out that Israel
"does want as many (Soviet
Jews) as possible to go
there."
While promising "to do
whatever we can," the pres-
ident said Soviet refugees
are not the only people seek-
ing admission into the
United States. In recent
years, he said, the United
States has had to impose re-
strictions on Vietnamese
boat people, Cubans, Mex-
icans coming into
Brownsville, Texas, and
South Americans.
On Sept. 19, Deputy Secre-
tary of State Lawrence
Eagleburger assured the
National Conference on
Soviet Jewry that the ad-
ministration would be sym-
pathetic to Soviet Jewish
immigration.
But starting Oct. 1, the
U.S. Embassy in Moscow
will begin processing visa
applications to the United
States and phase out transit
centers in Rome and Vienna.
Eagleburger said the
United States will try to
convince Australia, Canada
and other Western countries
to accept increased numbers
of Jewish and non-Jewish
refugees from the Soviet
Union.
But testifying before the
Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee, Eagleburger sug-
gested, "I can't tell you there
will be a massive willing-
ness on the part of the other
countries. But we'll continue
trying."

Israel Deputy Foreign
Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu and other Israeli
officials welcomed the U.S.
decision, expressing hope
that it would result in

President Bush: Keeping control.

greater Soviet Jewish
emigration to Israel.
But several American
Jewish organizations have
been critical of the ad-
ministration's decision as
well as the announced quota
of only 50,000 Soviet im-
migrants — Jews and non-
Jews — to be admitted to the
United States in the coming
year. ,
The Justice Department,
meanwhile, announced that
the Immigration and
Naturalization Service
would re-examine the cases
of 5,000 Soviet Jews strand-
ed in Rome after having
been denied refugee status
to enter the United States.
Meanwhile, Bush ad-
ministration officials are
considering seriously a new
proposal to increase funding
to promote Soviet Jewish
refugee resettlement in
Israel. The plan would be
designed to encourage Soviet
Jews to immigrate to Israel
rather than press for visas to
come to the United States.

65 Senators Just Say 'No'
To Yassir Arafat

More than 65 U.S. Sena-
tors—including Michigan's
Carl Levin and Don
Riegle—have signed a letter
to Secretary of State James
Baker opposing an entry
visa for PLO Chairman
Yassir Arafat to address the
United Nations General

Assembly in the coming
weeks.
A similar letter was sent to
Baker by the Conference of
Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions on behalf of its 46 con-
stituent groups.
Administration officials

