Viktor Brailovsky. a prominent Soviet scientist and refusenik. who is being held in prison in the Soviet Union. I rise to urge Soviet authorities to comply with international accords and provide Dr. Brailovsky with proper medical attention for his serious liver ailment. and I urge that the Brailovsky family be allowed to emigrate to Israel. Dr. Brailovsky and his wife. Irina. are both doctors of computer science. Viktor Brailovsky. a specialist in mathematical statistics and cybernetics. is a member of American and British mathematical societies. and has been elected a member of the Academy of Sciences in my home State of New York. In 1972 the Brailovskys decided to emigrate to Israel with their children. Leonid and Dalia. but their petition was denied. allegedly because of Irinas access to secret information at Moscow University. Viktor was granted a visa in 1976. but refused to leave without his family. In response to these refusals. the Brailovskys became involved in the Jewish immigration movement. and Viktor organized the Moscow Seminar of Jewish Scientists.
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