Mr. Speaker. I wish to take this moment to discuss a Soviet Jewish "refusnik" whose plight I have followed with anguish over the past 3 years. This particular case serves as yet another dispiriting reminder of the Soviet Unions gross violations of their free emigration policy as agreed to under the Helsinki Accords. Mr. Alexander Botvinnik and his wife Galyna have twice been denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union. The reason given for these denials was Mr. Botvinniks knowledge of classified information allegedly acquired during his military enlistment. Since he served well over 10 years ago. it is highly unlikely that he was exposed to any contemporary Soviet intelligence.
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