Two weeks passed before they received word of his releasetoo long a time to return home safely after such a rebellious action. They asked for assurances from the Soviet Government that they would be allowed to leave the country and that reprisals would not be brought against any other family members. The Soviet Union has refused for 3 years to allow these seven to emigrate. Both families have received official affidavits of sponsorship from families in the United States. But they have no close relatives abroad. a Soviet prerecuisite for emigration permission. The families remain in the basement room. where I and DAVE BORn visited them nearly 2 years awo. a room which the Embassy staff refers to as "the dungeon." The room is furnished with two twin beds. which the children sleeo on while the adults sleep on the floor. Their room differs from most orthodox duneeons in that they have a window. enablinz them to look out onto the streets of Moscow (when the guards do not place a garbage can in front of it).
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