Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990066240

Lazar Kagan is an electronic engineer. a graduate of the Leningrad Institute of Precision Mechanics and Optics and of Leningrad University. He is 41 years old. Lazars father. the popular pianist and composer Shimon Kagan. Lazars mother. and his brother had all emigrated to Israel. In 1976. Lazar requested permission to emigrate in order to be reunited with his family. Soviet officials refused permission on the grounds that he had learned state secrets during his military service in Lazar Kagans military service consisted of working as a private in a brickmaking company. One can only surmise what vital new technologies he learned there.
Keywords matched
emigrate emigrated

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN MILLER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WA
Gender
M
Date
1985-07-11
Speech ID
990066240
Paragraph
#1
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