Mr. Speaker. I rise to support House Concurrent Resolution 333 which calls on the Soviet Union to grant Ida Nudel a visa permitting her to emigrate to Israel. This would end 11 years of painful frustration which Ida Nudel has endured in seeking permission to leave the Soviet Union to join her sister in Israel. Ida Nudels original application was denied on vague and unlikely State security grounds. Later. when she publicly demanded an exit visa. she was condemned to 4 years of Siberian exile. Despite subhuman living conditions in Siberia. her continued optimism and selfless work to aid her fellow prisoners of conscience earned her the name of "Guardian Angel." In April of this year the beloved and respected Ida Nudel returned to Moscow and renewed her efforts to emigrate. Thus far she has only met with harrassment from the Soviet authorities and a bureaucratic impasse. The Soviet authorities have found an effective way of indefinitely delaying Idas exit visa by forcing her to report periodically to local police. The Soviet Unions continued refusal to allow Ida Nudels emigration deprives her of her basic human rights. It is a flagrant violation of the Helsinki accords. to which the U.S.S.R. is a signatory. Ida Nudel is now 51 years old.
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