The remarks of every Member participating today will be sent to Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev. and to his chief representative in the United States. Ambassador Antoly F. Dobrynin. Mr. Speaker. in the long struggle for human rights. the epic story of Ida Nudel stands out like a lighthouse beam in the dark of night. Almost 11 years ago. Ida Nudel. an economist and a resident of Moscow. applied for an emigration visa to go to Israel. Her husband and sister were permitted to leave. but not Ida. As has been the case with thousands of Soviet Jews. the officialdom of the Soviet Union refused her request.
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