Speaker. on this date 5 years ago the Russian Government shocked. and outraged the world by sentencing 11 persons. 9 Jews and 2 Christians. to death or lengthy prison terms for simply trying to act as free men are supposed to be allowed to act. The sentences. which were imposed to deter other persons from their "dissident" activities were partially reduced after protests poured in from around the world. Despite the harshness of the sentences and other continued and brutal harassment by the Soviet Government the Jews of Russia are still trying to emigrate to freedom. Last month I visited Russia with some other Members of Congress and we were able to meet with some of these men and women in Moscow and Leningrad. In Kiev the people whom we were supposed to see were ordered out of the city for the duration of our visit. but we were able to meet with the wife of one of the men who had applied for an exit visa. In Moscow we spoke with: Vitaly Rubin. Leonid Raines.
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