However. his wife has subsequently learned that his prison interrogation has been suspended due to his serious medical condition. He must receive immediate care or his condition will worsen. Dr. Brailovsky has been a leader in the Soviet Jewish emigration movement. Despite being under investigation for publishing an unofficial Jewish cultural journal. Dr. Brailovsky bravely led a group of 237 other refuseniks in signing a letter to President Brezhnev last November protesting the refusal to grant exit visas to these individuals. Written on the eve of the Madrid Conference. the appeal had the unexpected effect of leading to Dr. Brailovskys arrest.
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