In 1983. the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco invited her to speak at the celebration of International Womens Day. She was also going to speak with representatives of local Chilean groups and to visit universities in the bay area. But because the State Department deemed that her entry would be "prejudicial to the public interest." she was denied a visa. There is another that involves an academic from my State of Illinois. Leszek Kolakowski teaches at the University of Chicago and at Oxford University. Professor Kolakowski was recently chosen by the National Council on the Humanities. the Presidentially appointed supervisory body of the National Endowment for the Humanities. to deliver the annual Jefferson Lecture in May. which is the most prestigious and highly respected award in the humanities. He is also the recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Prize which is given to a handfull of exceptional figures in academia and public life. When he applies for a visa to get back to Chicago. he has to fill out a form that asks him "Are you or have you ever been . .. a member of the Communist Party?" He writes down "Yes." He is a former Communist. But he was also the representative in the West of KOR. the intellectual group that helped give birth to Solidarity in Poland. Yet. because of the ideological purity test he must now go through. he often finds it difficult to get back to Chicago in time to teach classes because of the delays involved in this process.