Secretary of State Vances signature was certified by Ambassador Dobrynin. But this official U.S. Government invitation was not recognized by Soviet officials in their Department of Immigration. The Rudins latest refusal occurred December 8. 1981. after applying in May. This time. the official reason they were denied emigration was that Mrs. Rudins sister. who lives in a different republic. has her own family. and does not communicate with the Rudins. had closer family ties than their sons. So. despite five official invitations from the Israeli Government. four from the Rudins niece and one from another of Mrs. Rudins sisters. and one official invitation from the U.S. Government. the Rudins have deliberately and unequivocally been denied emigration from the Soviet Union. Let the Soviet Government be warned that we will not continue to stand by and watch fellow humans being abused and stripped of their basic human rights. Remember the Rudins.o
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