They have worked long and hard to lend the Yakirs moral support. and made a special trip to Washington to lobby on behalf of Soviet Jewry. I told Mr. Yakir that I would write General Secretary Gorbachev today. asking for his help in obtaining exit visas for the Yakirs. In that letter I wrote: We in the West are well aware of and heartened by the new spirit of "Glasnost." which you have instituted. But we hope for further signs. Proof of your commitment to the principles of openness would be granting emigration visas to the Yakirs. and the many others who wish to be reunited with families in the West or settle in Israel. their spiritual homeland. I would like to insert a copy of the letter to Secretary Gorbachev at this point in the RECORD. Mr.
Keywords matched
emigration visas