Ida Nudel is a martyred example of the personal and inhuman reprisal inflicted by the Communist leadership on those who would dare to choose their own religion. or to seek a voice in their own government. or even as she now desires. to flee the tyranny of a regime based in military domination and the power of secret police. Ida wants only to join her sister in Israel. When I was in Moscow. in March of 1978. she asked me for help in gaining a visa for this same purpose. Now as then. the KGB refuses to allow this woman to leave the country. Her case serves as a vivid example of the fear possessing Soviet leaders. fear of free thought. fear of expression. and even fear of a solitary woman seeking to escape the wasteland of communism.