Svieta and Yeffin Abramovich. Raya Shectman. Leonid and Raya Yakobovich whom the Sandbergs met personallyare being denied permission to emigrate to Israel and are harassed by the Soviet authorities. Many of them have been thrown into jail for short sentences. and they live under the constant threat of reprisal for no crime. other than their desire to be reunited with their families in Israel. We endorse the concept of d~tente with the Soviet Union. However. the Soviet Government in the spirit of detente. cannot mistreat American tourists for no other reason than they visit Soviet Jewish families who wish to emigrate. We insist on the Soviet Unions compliance with the universal declaration of human rights of the freedom of emigration. It is. time for the Soviet Government to demonstrate that they are sincere about d~tente by allowing Mark Abramovich and other refusenik families to emigrate to Israel.
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