National Conference on Soviet Jewry/"Belgrade: Breach of Breakthrough", 1978

In 1963 LHW helped found this ad hoc group seeking to formulate a joint program and policy on behalf of Soviet Jewry and served as President in 1968. The Conference encompassed all the major Jewish organizations in the country (including the American Jewish Committee, which generally did not participate.) It held mass rallies, press conferences, and meetings with the White House and State Department and also published factual information on the current situation of Jews in the U.S.S.R. These activities are reflected in this collection's papers in correspondence with Leonard Garment, President Richard Nixon, Elliot Richardson, Arthur Goldberg, Dwight Chapin, Emory Swank, Sr. Saul I. Teplitz, etc. The series also includes memoranda, organizational information, publicity materials such as press releases, pamphlets, posters and flyers, and newsletters and bulletins from other organizations concerned with Soviet Jewry. There are also statements, speeches, articles, biographical sketches, translations of letters sent by Russian Jews, research information, notes and news clippings.