Soviet Union: Policy on Persecution of Jews in Soviet Union

A file of correspondence and reports concerning British policy towards the persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union. The documents include a Council of Europe report on the situation of the Jewish community in the Soviet Union, covering emigration, trials of dissidents, and Jewish religious and cultural life; details of anti-Semitic propaganda in the Soviet media; and details of British press reports on the Soviet persecution of Jews. Other documents in the file cover the interactions of British politicians with Jewish campaign groups; a request that the son of a prominent Soviet dissident meet with the Foreign Secretary, David Owen; and news that a Jewish scientist has been given permission to emigrate to Israel. The documents also cover British participation in a world conference to combat racism and racial discrimination; and briefs prepared for the conference, examining the treatment of minorities in the Soviet Union.