Mr. Speaker. I wish to join with my colleagues in requesting that the Soviet authorities allow Ida Nudel to obtain an exit visa so she may leave the Soviet Union and be reunited with her only living relative. her sister Elena. who lives in Holon. Israel. Ida Nudel. our Guardian Angel. has been in the minds and prayers of so many of us during her past 4 years of unjust exile in Siberia. Ida is a strongwilled woman of great devotion. courage. and conscience. In 1970. she applied for an exit visa to Israel. The Soviets refused to permit her emigration. even though she fulfilled all the requirements for an exit visa. They absurdly claimed she could not leave the country because she knew "government secrets." Ida had to wait 7 years before she could reapply. In 1977. she reapplied. The Soviets. again. refused her an exit visa. neglecting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe at Helsinki. and the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. At this point. Ida Nudel was sentenced to 4 years of exile in Siberia. without even being allowed representation or witnesses at her trial. Furthermore. her crime was hanging out her window a simple banner which read. "KGB. give me my visa to Israel." Mr. Speaker. Ida Nudels basic human rights need to be respected. Although Ida Nudel has finally been released from exile. we must continue our efforts to assist her and her sister in their struggle to be reunited. I appeal to the conscience and humanity of Soviet Premier Brezhnev. to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate to Israel as quickly as arrangements can be completed.*
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