Veniamins life has been threatened repeatedly and. occasionally. the Bogolmonys telephone has been disconnected. Tatianas life is also threatened. but by a different brutal force. She has been diagnosed as having cancer and her health is declining. Tatiana and subsequently Veniamin have been invited to apply for exit visas. due perhaps because of her physical condition. However. as the Bogomolnys are not among the 117 refuseniks allowed to leave the Soviet Union. an invitation to apply is clearly not a ticket to freedom. I can only imagine how the relatives of the Bogolmony couple who are free feel about this tragic situation.