Petrov wrote to President Reagan several months ago appealing for help in resolving the cases of about 20 Soviet men and women long denied permission to join their spouses in the United States. Earlier this week. Petrov received a reply from the President. who said he found the plight of the 20 SovietAmerican couples deeply moving and promised to do what he could to help unite them. Petrov was believed to be carrying the letter when he was detained Thursday. He has been trying since 1981 to emigrate to the United States to join his wife. Virginia Hurt Johnson. 25 a law student from Roanoke. Va.
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