His youngest daughter. Nina. also followed him into the medical profession. Then. in 1979. everything changed when Professor Raben applied for permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union. As punishment for seeking to join relatives in the West. this renowned specialist was forced to resign from his positions at the Moscow Cancer Research Institute as well as his numerous editorial posts. Not until 3 years later. in early 1982. did he learn that his application had been refused on the basis that he had "no grounds to apply for an emigration visa." Mr. President. I find it incomprehensible that a man such as this. one who fought so long and hard for his nation and whose family suffered so horribly under the Stalinist system that even the Soviets have repudiated. should be so sadly mistreated.
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