It is with a sense of great disappointment that I participate in this special order. for our expectations that this might be the year of freedom of Soviet Jews have been dashed. This was the year that we thought Secretary General Gorbachev might open the gates. if for no other reason than to further his public relations campaign. Alas. the numbers remain dismal79 Soviet Jews allowed to emigrate in January. 84 in February. 47 in March. 78 in April. This was the year that Anatoly Shcharansky was granted his hardwon freedom. and we hoped that it signaled a new wave. a new policy. The only new policy we have seen is one of increased repression and violence against Jews within the Soviet Union. This was the year in which I had hoped that my own "adopted refusenik." Semyon Gluzman. would be granted an exit visa. This is the third Congress in which I have introduced resolutions on behalf of Dr. Gluzman. a trained and talented psychiatrist who 13 years ago was arrested and convicted of "antiSoviet agitation and propaganda." Dr. Gluzman has served 7 years of hard labor and an additional 3 years of internal exile in Siberia. After his release from internal exile in May 1982 Gluzman sought to emigrate to Israel from Siberia. He was refused permission and returned to his native Kiev. Although Dr. Gluzman has continuously expressed his desire to emigrate. Soviet authorities have stated that at no time will he be allowed to do so. It is for Dr.
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