In our joy at Mendelevichs release. however. we should not forget two other members of the 1970 Leningrad hijacking trial who are still imprisoned: Yuri Federov and Aleksey Murzhenko. Likewise. as we all struggle to obtain the release of Mr. Shcharansky. we should not forget the other 51 imprisoned members of the Soviet Helsinki groups. Certainly the release of many Soviet prisoners of conscienceincluding. of course. Anatoly Shcharanskyis an essential element for any improvement in United StatesSoviet relations. Recent actions. such as the slight increase in Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union. may indicate that the Soviets want to reopen the road to dtente.*
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