Shapiro was refused permission to leave the Soviet Union with his bride and is currently being held by Soviet officials. without specification of any criminal charges. Mrs. Shapiro was denied an extension of her visa and has flown back to the United States. anxiously awaiting word of her husbands fate. I am advised that seconds after Mrs. Shapiros plane left Moscow her husband was arrested at the airport. that since Monday night he has been moved to three different places of detention. that he has been placed on a diet of bread and sugar and that his parents have been unable to see him. To fully understand this unfortunate situation one must be aware of the fact that Mr. Shapiro is a Jewish chemical engineer and an activist in the pursuit of. greater religious freedom for Soviet Jews. Complex and restrictive requirements are imposed on the right of Russian Jews to emigrate. Mail from outside the Soviet Union to Russian Jews is delayed for long periods of time and quite often discontinued completely. Contacts with the West are difficult.
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