The World - News from Feb. 13, 1985
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Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union continued at only a trickle last month, with 61 Jews arriving in Vienna on their way to new homes in Israel and other countries, the Intergovernmental Committee for Migration reported in Geneva. The figure for December was 91. A total of 908 Soviet Jews emigrated last year, the first time the number had fallen below 1,000 since it reached a peak of 51,330 in 1979. Yearly figures have declined steadily since then, the committee said.
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