Their daughter. Olga Plum. is a constituent of mine in Colorado. The Meimans repeatedly have been denied emigration visas to seek medical treatment and to be reunited with their daughter. They have been told repeatedly that Mrs. Meiman is too ill to travel. that satisfactory medical treatment for Mrs. Meiman is already available in the Soviet Union. that a Ministry of Health certificate. stating that treatment abroad is necessary. must be presented to Soviet emigration officialsonly to be told by the Ministry of Health that such certificates do not exist. Now it has become clear that treatments no longer exists in the Soviet Union which can effectively treat Inna Meimans cancer. But the technology does exist in the West. And yet she is still denied an exit visa. It is beyond my understanding what the Soviet authorities have to gain by continuing to deny the necessary exit visas to the Meimans. The time is running short for Inna and Naum Meiman. while the climate is ripe for a humanitarian gesture from the Soviet Union. In the past I have raised the Meimans case directly with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and other Soviet officials when I visited Moscow. I have pursued the case with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin and have written to General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev asking his help in securing an exist visa for the Meimans. Because time is such a critical factor. it is appropriate that the Senate is joining our call to the General Secretary to intervene on behalf of the Meimans. It is of the greatest importance that the Meimans and other Soviet Jews who wish to emigrate be reminded constantly that they have friends and supporters around the world. It is equally important the Soviet Government be constantly reminded of that fact. The House author of this measure is Congressman WIRTH. Congressman WIRTH has been a leader in the struggle for human rights and the battle to permit Soviet citizens to emigrate to freedom throughout his career in the Congress. We have worked together on the Meiman case. and I was pleased to introduce the Senate version of this resolution several months ago. Mr.
Keywords matched
emigrate emigration visas visa