Mr. Speaker. the month of April marks the eighth year since Benjamin Bogomolny was first refused a visa by the Soviet Union. He is one of the longest term Soviet refuseniks on record in Russia. In 1966. the Bogomolny family received affidavits to emigrate to Israel. His mother. father. and four sisters were given permission and forced to leave the Soviet Union. while Mr. Bogomolny was drafted in the army. Completing his service in the army. Benjamin Bogomolny applied in November 1972. for permission to emigrate. His application was denied in April 1973. on the grounds that he may have learned state secrets while in the army and that he constituted a threat to national security. Benjamin Bogomolny has been under constant harassment since he first sought a visa. His telephone has been disconnected. his apartment ransacked. Hebrew books stolen. and his life threatened during this period.
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