Mr. Speaker. I wish at this time to express my deep concern for the plight of Soviet Jews who are experiencing severe forms of harassment. oppression. and imprisonment for their efforts to lawfully emigrate from the Soviet Union. One such instance is the case of Frida Kalk and her family. They live in Lithuanian SSR and applied for visas to Israel in May 1971. Fridas 65yearold mother is living in Israel and is an invalid after having spent 18 years of exile in Siberia. Frida Kalks petitions for emigration have fallen on cold and insensitive ears in Moscow. In February. her telephone was cut off for "conversations harmful to the interests of the U.S.S.R." Her mothers letters are not delivered. Their rights of human dignity have been denied.
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