Mr. President. recently several prominent Soviet refuseniks received word that they have been granted permission to emigrate. While we are gratified and encouraged with this news. we cannot forget the plight of one courageous man who has struggled for 12 years to emigrate from the Soviet Union. Dr. Naum Meiman. a mathematical physicist. has valiantly attempted time and again to rejoin his daughter. Olga. in Colorado. Yet he remains in the Soviet Union. fighting poor health and grieving over the death of his wife. Irmawhose delayed emigration denied her the opportunity to have her cancer properly treated. Dr. Meiman. at the age of 76. has seen many friends emigrate and now. more than ever. deserves the same opportunity. His emigration requests have been repeatedly refused by the Soviet Government on the grounds that he possesses "state secrets"-yet it has been 30 years since he performed any classified calculations. Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev has said himself that the state secret prohibition against emigration is invalid for those who have not worked in the government for more than 10 years. Why. then. is this man. who desires nothing but to join his daughter. prohibited from doing so? Dr. Meimans plight compelled every Member of the Senate to join my distinguished colleague Mr. SiMoN and me in sending a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev. imploring his government to allow him to emigrate. Mr. President.
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