Most upsetting to the seven. and to their friends and supporters outside of the Embassy. has been the difficulties involving communications. Often. letters and cards sent via the international mails are not delivered by the U.S.S.R. to the Embassy for the Seven Pentecostals. According to the Society of Americans for Vashchenko Emigration. thousands of letters mailed to the Vashchenkos and Chmykhalovs have been confiscated by the KGB in the past 2 years. Literally thousands of pieces of American mail addressed to the families have been lost permanently but the State Department has not made a formal complaint to the Soviets regarding the lost mail. I understand that there may be other possible ways than international mail for the Pentecostals to receive mail from the United States and I hope that these channels will be explored by the State Department and the Embassy.
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