Later. he was informed that he would no longer be allowed to use the special polyclinic at the academy where he had received treatment for tuberculosis and other lung ailments. In January 1980. Meiman was summoned to the local prosecutorss office where he was told that. because he had had access to secrets. he would never be allowed to emigrate. In 1985. Meiman made a special appeal to General Secretary Gorbachev. requesting that he and his ailing wife be granted exist visas permitting them to emigrate to Israel. Meimans wife. Inna. also a human rights activist. has undergone repeated surgeries for cancer.
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