The World - News from Dec. 11, 1985

Only 128 Jews were allowed to leave the Soviet Union in November, disappointing those who had hoped for an easing of curbs on Jewish emigration to coincide with the U.S.-Soviet summit in Geneva last month. Thus far this year, 1,249 Soviet Jews have been allowed to emigrate, the Intergovernmental Committee for Migration in Geneva reported. A record of 51,330 was set in 1979, the committee said, but numbers began falling sharply thereafter, declining to 21,470 in 1980 and only 922 last year.