In 1975. the U.S.S.R. tried to cut off the Raiz communication with the outside world. Their phone was temporarily disconnected and they were warned that it would be permanently disconnected if they again Used it for international phone calls or for calls by visiting tourists. Such are the trials and tribulations that an innocent Soviet family must suffer in the attempt to exercise their legally protected right to emigrate to the country of their own choosing. Although I have written repeatedly to Chairman Brezhnev. Ambassador Dobrynin. and the chief of OVIR urging their reconsideration of the Raiz visa request. the Soviet authorities have never responded to me directly about the Raiz family. Yet. the Soviets did respond in an article published in a Russian newspaper which attacked. in great detail. my previous statements in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD in support of the Raiz family. The Raiz family still awaits a visa. And until one is granted. I will continue to call attention to their plight to remind the Soviets that my efforts on the Raiz behalf will not cease until they are released.*
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