Speaker. I would like to place in the RECORD a letter from Dr. Isaac Poltinnikov. a citizen of the Soviet Union. concerning the harassment he and his family are undergoing because of their wish to emigrate to Israel. Earlier this year. the Soviet Union announced that they were lifting many of the restrictions such as the education tax which had been imposed upon Jewish citizens desiring to emigrate to Israel. This letter from Dr. Poltinnikov written last March to Jack and Evelyn Paller of my 26th Congressional District clearly demonstrates that these practices have not disappeared. It is obvious that Dr. Poltinnikov has been a loyal Soviet citizen and has enriched through a very productive career the quality of life in his country. It is disturbing that a sincere desire to emigrate to another country should cause the events described in this letter to occur. I would hope that practices such as this will cease to exist in the Soviet Union and that new Soviet policy on immigration will no longer result in oppression to those wishing to emigrate. The letter follows:
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