He had a very good job. He applied to leave in 1977 so his children can get out. He was told in 1980 that all he had to do to get the exit visa in sort of this cruel hoax was to get a divorce and to leave his wife and children and then they could get out and he would have to stay. He did not know if it was true or not. but he would try anything. So he and his wife got divorced and sure enough. 8 months later. in that sort of macabre cruelty that only the Soviet Government could do they did allow his wife and family an exit visa. but they kept him. They hold his mail and his phone calls. Sometimes he hears from his wife and his children. sometimes not.