Mrs. Veil came to Moscow specially to see my wife. All that was required of the Soviet authorities was not to hamper others in curing my wife. to grant her at least a temporary exit visa. The Soviets refused. I have addressed Communist Party General Secretaries Andropov. Chernenko. and Gorbachev. My letters to them are not considered. but since passed on to the Visa Office (OVIR). Last summer. in reply to one of my letters to Mikhail Gorbachev. were phoned by OVIR and told to reapply for visas to the local visa office. to begin the round all over again. as if there had never been the past ten years of waiting. The application process in itself is an extremely difficult. humiliating procedure. Many cannot take the hurdle. We were fortunate. be able to submit all the documents required last July. The city Visa Office called me in on August 23 to announce that we were once again refused permission to leave. The day before. the same office called Innas son. brother. and mother. and told them to reapply. since their case was being reconsidered. Usually. this leads to permission to leave.
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