But on the very eve of the Conference. this mood of optimism was shattered by the Soviet refusal to recognize the indivisibility of human rightsperhaps the most important tenet in the Helsinki agreement. Just 3 days after the Madrid Conference convened. the world witnessed the arrest of Dr. Viktor Brailovsky by Soviet officialsobstensibly for his crime of "slandering the Soviet State." in actuality for his desire to emigrate to Israel and his refusal to be silenced. A world renown cybernetist. Dr. Brailovsky lost his job and faced continual harassment and frequent arrests from the moment in 1972 that he first made known his intention to emigrate. Although stripped of his professional status. Dr.
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