As nonpersons in academia. they can have their research findings pirated or mutilated. A public letter written by 13 prominent Jewish scientists in February spelled out the trauma: "We are being destroyed as scholars and as breadwinners . . . Our knowledge is locked away to decay." The writers interpret their torment to be "a de. terrent for all potential new applicants for emigration to Israel." They are no doubt correct. The Kremlin has reduced emigration to a trickle. Only a halfdozen Jews with advanced degrees were allowed to emigrate last year. About 500 emigration applicants holding advanced degrees were refused permission. Of these 45 percent have been fired from their Jobs. The revocation of degrees constitutes a new twist of the Soviet bureaucratic screw.
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