Shcharansky. a mathematician and a physicist by education and training. have been years of torture by denial and unfulfilled promises. The first denial Mr. Shcharansky encountered began in 1973 when. he first applied for a visa to emigrate to Israel. Permission was refused on this first application because it was said that he had access to classified material at his job at the research institute. However. the moment he became eligible for a visa. Shcharansky avoided doing any classified work so as not to jeopardize his emigration status. In 1974. he again applied for another emigration visa. This time the denial took the form of granting his wife permission to emigrate to Israel and then promising that his visa would soon follow. Of course. none followed for him and the Government effectively separated him from his wife. The classification of Mr. Shcharansky as a dissident came about not so much for personal activities but as punishment for the collective activi. ties of Jews in the Soviet Union and other minorities under Soviet dominance. In addition to refusing Mr. Shcharansky permission to emigrate to Israel. Soveit authorities have made it impossible for him and other Jews to practice their professions. In 1973. he was refused permission to attend the International Congress of Mathematics.
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