In May 1979. Goldfarb. then head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Bacteriophages. U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences. applied to leave the Soviet Union for Israel and. at the same time. resigned from the academy. He had been offered a faculty position with the rank of professor at the Weizmann Institute in Israel and sought to relocate there. In January of this year Goldfarb was informed that his departure was considered undesirable for state reasons. His visa request was denied. David Goldfarb is guilty of no crime. He only wishes to live and work in the State of Israel.