Mr. Speaker. the Soviet Union is not complying with the very declaration they signed in 1966. the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man. which sets forth the principle of free immigration for all people. Today in the Soviet Union people are not free to emigrate. Boris Pavlovich Azernikov is a physician who submitted documents for emigration to Israel at the end of June 1971. and on August 10 of that year was arrested. Boris had attended an ulpanprogram of intense Hebrew studyin Leningrad and joined the organization in April of In June of 1970 Boris worked to create a Zionist youth summer camp. Then on June 15. a few hours after the socalled plane hijacking in the Leningrad airport a search was made in Boris apartment and his place of work.
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