Viktor was still lean from a 3year diet of less than 2.000 calories a day and eight hours daily of arduous physical labor. Innocently I asked. "What exactly was the crime you were accused of?" The question was met with laughter. It was a face steeled with commitment that responded. "Openly identifying myself as a concerned Jew." One of the objectives of my trip was to meet with Soviet officials to convey the strong feelings of Americans--Jews and nonJews alike--on the Soviet Jewish emigration issue. Before I left New York City. I met with the Russian Ambassador to the United Nations.
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