This drastic cut in the number of exits has been accompanied by a wave of harassments and imprisonments among those seeking to leave. Such unconscionable treatment has especially plagued refuseniks like Isaak Khaimchayev. Mr. Khaimchayev. a scientist. applied for permission to emigrate to Israel in 1973. He was refused with no reason given and immediately fired from his Job at a research institute. His wife. Raisa. also lost her job. Consequently. Isaak has been supporting his wife and two children by doing menial labor. In October 1973. Isaaks elderly father emigrated to Israel. Now 76 and ill. Shmuel Khaimchayev has repeatedly appealed to Soviet authorities to allow his son to be reunited with him in Israel.
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