In fact. she did leave with her children. Within 8 months after they were divorced. she was given permission to leave. even though she had been turned down along with her husband and the entire family prior to that. Again. in some cases. the Rabinovitz family is but one of many for whom Soviet emigration policy means separation from loved ones. In some cases spouses. and this struck me even more horribly than the rest of it. spouses have not seen each other for many years and children have literally grown to adults without their mother or father. The State Department has a list of some 20 American citizens whose Soviet spouses have been denied permission to Join them in freedom in the United States.
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