Shcharansky was convicted of high treason. Notwithstanding trumpedup charges of spying for the Westcharges which could be labeled comic if they were not so serioushis crime against the Soviet state was the crime of taking literally the governments promises of providing civil rights to its own citizens. He thought that the assurances which the Soviet Government made to the West under the Helsinki accords should mean something. Under these assurances. he attempted to exercise his "right" to emigrate to Israel. He also did what he could to keep the Western press informed on the Soviets compliance with Helsinki. Such was Mr.
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