EILBERG. has asked for this time to call the attention of the House to continuing political repression in the Soviet Union. As has been pointed out. today is the fifth anniversary of the famous Leningrad trial. in which 11 persons were sentenced to death or long prison terms for attempting to leave the !.oviet Union illegally. The Soviet authorities used this case to set an example to frighten Jews and other presons who desperately desire to emigrate from the Soviet Union. I will mention specifically the case of Eduard Kuznetsov. who was originally sentenced to death for treason. antiSoviet propaganda. antiSoviet organization. and misappropriation of Soviet or public property. Kuznetsovs sentence was later commuted. and he is now serving a 15year term under a "special strict regime" in Potma Prison. His wife. Silva Zalmanson. was also convicted in the Leningrad trial. but was released from prison last year and allowed to emigrate to Israel. Kuznetsovs sole desire is to be reunited with his wife in Israel. Mr.
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