We urge their immediate release so that they may live in liberty wherever they choose. Mendelevich and his friends knew that their chance of escaping to freedom a decade ago was "nearly zero." But as another companion. Edward Kuznetsov. said: The real objective was to expose emigration policies regarding Jews who at the time were accused of antiSoviet subversion for as much as voicing a desire to leave. A man must do what he ought to do. If these brave people were willing to risk their lives to further expose the repression of the Soviet system. we as Americanswho so often take for granted our freedommust continue to speak out on behalf of extending liberty to Mendelevich.
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