The Parkansky case is duplicated daily. On May 29. militiamen not only barred Vladimir Barynin from the embassy but confiscated his written invitation. On May 30. a West German diplomat. seeking to enter the embassy to obtain a U.S. visa. was barred and interrogated by militiamen before he could identify himself. Although Nixon administration officials stress recently rising emigration from Russia. Stoessel reports "an apparent stepup" in refusing exit visas. According to Stoessel. secret police have interrogated Soviet citizens seeking to rejoin close family members in the United States and "warned against discussing their cases with U.S. consular officers." Moreover. Stoessel reports local authorities "have gone to extra lengths to frustrate or delay" marriages between Soviet and American citizens. "For the first time in recent memory." officials refused to register one such marriage that actually had taken place.
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