The reason given is that Tamara had worked in a military construction site. In early 1985. she went on a hunger strike in an attempt to encourage officials to allow her to Join her husband in the United States. She was finally persuaded to end her hunger strike. and is still slowly recovering. She is really an ill woman. In late April. Simon was awarded custody of their son. Mark. by an Illinois court. He has also been trying to obtain a visa to visit his wife and son in the Soviet Union. but has been constantly denied. Matvey Finkel. We met Matvey.