Mr. Speaker. the people of the Soviet Union are not free to emigrate even though they are not welcome in their present homeland and the country they wish to go to wants them very badly. Vladimir Slepak. of Moscow. is a firstrate radio and television engineer. He was in charge of television research at the scientific institute. but was fired from his post in March 1970. after he applied for an emigration visa. In February 1972. with eight visa denials on his record. Slepak was ordered to work at a concrete factory or face trial as a parasite. Slepak suffers from chronic thrombophlebitis. and was unfit for the assigned work. However. the factory manager insisted that Slepak refused to work. Slepak was spared being tried as a parasite because of an intensive publicity campaign in the United States: Slepak has been waiting for an exit visa since 1969. During these years he has been arrested four times and his family has suffered continuous harassment. Now.
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