Yet the venture was not a complete loss. A year ago. seven of these men were unexpectedly set free. some of them in a wellpublicized swap for two Soviet spies. Mark Dymshits. one of those allowed to emigrate. said then: It was worth spending a difficult nine years in jail if the price for It Is freedom from the claws of Soviet jails and the receiving of Israeli citizenship. Three prisoners of conscience from the Leningrad trials. however. still remain in Soviet labor camps suffering from chronic bronchitis. tuberculosis. ulcers. kidney disease. and other maladies. Isolated from their families and friends. they are forbidden to practice their respective faiths.
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