I only hope that all those being kept in the Soviet Union against their will shall also be allowed one day soon to be released and reunited with their families. When I visited the Soviet Union last January. I was the first American legislator to ever be granted an interview with Andrei Verein. head of the Office of Visas and RegistrationsOVIRin the MVD. He indicated he was impressed with my accomplishments as a police officer during my 23 years on the New York City police force. We talked about police matters and then I tactfully brought up the question of Soviet Jewry and the specific cases of five young men. one of which was Weig.