Mr. Speaker. the Soviet Union is still refusing to grant the Pentecostals residing in the basement of the U.S. Embassy and their families exit visas after 4 years. On June 27. 1978. eight members of the Vashchenko and Chymkhalov families traveled to the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to inquire about U.S. immigration procedures. As observant Pentecostalists. the two families were unable to practice their religion and remain in the Soviet Union at the same time. One of the eight. John Vashchenko. was forcibly detained from entering the Embassy by the KGB. in spite of the fact that they had permission to visit the U.S.
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