Woodford McClellan. Some months after their marriage in May of 1974. assurances were provided that Irina would be allowed to join her husband in that country. After several applications for an exit visa. Irina is still waiting in Moscow. The Soviet Government has consistently refused to comply with the provisions of the Helsinki Final Act and numerous other international agreements which uphold an individuals right to emigrate in order to rejoin relatives in another country. It is another conspicuous example of the chasm of difference which divides the United States and the Soviet Union in interpretation of basic princiules so vital to the improvement of relations in other areas. But more than a matter of issue between two countries. it is a needless tragedy affecting two people.
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