One such case is that of Isaac and Sophie Kogan. I was first made aware of the problems facing Isaac Kogan and his family when a constituent of mine contacted me during a recent visit to Washington by members of the Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry. Kogan. a refusenik from Leningrad. first applied for permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union in 1974. His request was denied for security reasons. Yet 2- years earlier. Kogan had voluntarily resigned his position at an electronics factory. for which he was trained. to work as a manual laborer on the Leningrad railroad in order to avoid any connection with security work. In August 1976. Kogan was again denied a visa. this time with a warning: "You will crumble before you get out." Ten years later. Isaac Kogan Is working as a delivery man and still trying to get out of the Soviet Union. Even though he has not been in a profession which would make him privy to anything dealing with government security. the authorities still refuse to allow him and his family to leave because of security reasons.
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