Sakharovs now 2weekold hunger strike was the detention of his wife on charges of antiSoviet agitation. The gravity of her physical situation was the other major consideration. Dr. Sakharov has for many months been attempting to secure an exit visa for Mrs. Bonner so that she might seek vitally needed treatment in the West. But Mrs. Bonner has not been granted a visa. and Dr. Sakharovs hunger strike is a lastresort attempt to see that the charges against his wife are dropped and that she be permitted to seek medical attention abroad. This resolution is intended to show that those of us in the world community. and particularly in the U.S.