I am fearful that if nothing is done. Tsalo and Khaya will not survive to see Leonid again. While I am encouraged by the release of Andrei Sakharov and others. and by the recent increase in the numbers of Jews permitted to emigrate from the Soviet Union. these changes do not go far enough. Although there has been a recent upturn in the figures of those allowed to emigrate. there are still large numbers of those applying for visas. In fact. the Soviet Government continues to reject applications from those citizens with compelling cases. such as Tsalo and Khaya Lipchin. The glimmer of hope given by Secretary Gorbachev in his latest efforts to open up Russia cannot be seen as anything more than rhetoric until his words are backed by actions. I therefore ask the Soviet Government to allow for the emigration of Tsalo and Khaya Lipchin. and the tens of thousands of other Soviet Jews wishing to emigrate. I urge the Soviet Government to do this so that all of these individuals may enjoy the basic rights of life and family.*
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