Ida Nudel. and others. are still languishing in the cruel detention system which Alexander Solzhenytsyn so well described in his "Gulag Archipelago." I have conferred and worked with Avital Shcharansky. the wife of Anatoly. on numerous occasions as she pursues her objective of making the world aware of the true nature of the Soviet regime and its treacherous methods of dealing with anyone. including her husband. who speaks out in favor of human rights and reminds the Soviet officials of its obligation to following the Helsinki accords and promoting the spirit of the 10 principles contained in the Declaration of Principles. I have. alongside many other concerned people. contacted the Soviet officials on his behalf. As anticipated. all our inquiries and appeals have gone unanswered. A case in point demonstrating the arbitrary nature of the Soviet system is that of Yosef Mendelevich. After having been denied an exit visa for his family for the fourth time. Yosef lost all hope of ever leaving Russia legally. On June 15. 1970. he was arrested at the Smolny Airport near Leningrad.