The East German family that used a homemade hot air ballon to float to freedom just a few weeks ago. at the risk of losing their lives. gives us a striking example of what people will do to escape living under a Sovietstyle "democracy." The sad tale of the Soviet refusniks. and the recent defection of three Russian dancers from the Bolshoi ballet again illustrate the emptiness of the Soviet claim to have built a superior society. These people continue to struggle. continue to fight. The Paritskys have fought for years for the right to emigrate. and there is no doubt that they understood at every step just what their actions would bring down upon them. The Soviet Union will no doubt continue to claim that such cases are a matter of internal policy. not subject to review by the United States or by any other nation or organization. But I urge my colleagues to keep these people in mind. and to help them in any way possible.e
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