He refused to leave the country without his wife. and was soon arrested again. to be held for a short time. Last April he was arrested a third time. This time he was held as part of an investigation into the publication of "Jews in the U.S.S.R.." a cultural publication he edited along with several other prominent refuseniks. He was again released. but again his freedom was shortlived. Last November. on the eve of the meeting of signatories of the Helsinki Final Act in Madrid. Dr. Brailovsky signed a lettercosigned by 237 other refuseniksdemanding that Soviet President Brezhnev issue them exit visas. Arrested 2 days later for "defaming the Soviet state." Dr. Brailovsky remains in Butyrskaya Prison to this day.