I think there is an important lesson to be learned here. A U.S. delegation visited Russia last January. When calling upon a high official in the Kremlin. we raised the issue of the Vashchenko family and their freedom to emigrate. We were assured at that conference that the Vashchenkos would be allowed to emigrate if they would merely follow the Russian law which required them to return to there hometown and then to apply for an emigration permit. We all know though they did eventually return to their own town and apply for an emigration permit and they have been allowed to emigrate. It is a time that we can hope that this signifies that there will be a greater freedom of emigration from Russia. We hope that this is only the beginning of a whole string of favorable emigration matters that will be considered by the Russian Government and we all rejoice with the action that has been taken.
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