Elena graduated from the * Moscow Pedagogical Institute where she studied French and German. she is. currently working at the Jewish kindergarten which her son. Mathew. attends. In December 1980. the Klotzes" were first refused visas on the grounds of the. alleged secrecy of Elenas:Job. and since that time Boris has been demoted to a lesser job. . By grantingthe Klotz family permission to emigrate.-the Soviet Union not only would. indicate to the world its respect for the principles outlined in the Helsintki accords. but also would affirm its desire to improve the strained relations between the United States and theU.S.S.R. Such action would be particularly significant coming at this time!as we mark the 10th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act. . I fervently hope that Secretary Gorbachev will seek to reverse the .continuing declne in SovietJewish migration Over the past several years. and that the Klotzes will. be among those who are finally allowed to Join their families in Israel.*
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