Mr. Speaker. one of the most insidious devices used by the Soviet Government against Soviet Jews who applied for exit visas was the dismissal of the applicant from his or her job shortly after the visa application was initiated. Since permission to leave was always slow in coming. at best. the applicant faced a long uncertain period of economic hardship. According to a Sunday. October 17 New York Times story written by Hedrick Smith. the Soviet authorities are not loath to use this tactic against any person who is brave enough to speak out. Valentin F. Turchin. the subject of Smiths article. is now suffering because he defended Andrei D.
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