Con. Res. 50) on behalf of Ida Nudel. Arrested in June 1978 and charged with "malicious hooliganism." Ida Nudel is guilty of the crime of lesscommunism: Wanting to emigrate to Israel. She had been applying for permission to leave the Soviet Union since 1971. Her request met with repeated refusals. One can well imagine the desperation that led her to finally express her plea through a banner hung outside her apartment. stating in pathetic simplicity "Give me my visa." There is no denying that such public appeals are viewed with embarrassment by the Soviets as admissions that all is not well within the Soviet garden of Eden. A wish to leave ones country is never paired with an ideal situation in the homeland. Expatriates do not lightheartedly choose their fate.
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