The second in Lois Becker Frolova of Chicago. born an American citizen. whose husband Andrei has been seeking to come here to be with her since their marriage in the U.S.S.R. in 1981 while Mrs. Frolova was a graduate exchange student in Moscow. Theirs is a straightforward SovietAmerican marriage case without political complications. yet the Soviet authorities have twice refused Andrei permission to emigrate. claiming last month on their second refusal that it is "not in Soviet state interests." I fail to see why it is not in Soviet interests to live up to the U.S.S.R.s obligations under the Helsinki Final Act. and to try to avoid alienating the American people with petty obdurateness in a purely humanitarian situation. Andrei Frolov is now in the second week of a hunger strike in Moscow. and Lois Frolova has felt moved to support her husband in this protest with a hunger strike of her own. She and others of the American husbands and wives affected by Soviet inhumanity have come to Washington in further protest.
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