Mr. Speaker. in 1966 the Soviet Union signed the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man which set forth the principle of free emigration for all people. The Soviet Government has not complied with the principle affirmed in this declaration. Early in 1972 Evgeny Levich. a 25yearold astrophysicist from Moscow. his wife. and his father. and mother all applied for an exit visa to emigrate to Israel. All were refused. In late April proceedings were started by the Soviet Government to force Evgeny into the Army. Previously he had received a medical exemption from military service based on an intestinal tumor and ulcerative colitis with complications.
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