Mr. Speaker. I would like to bring to the attention of this House today the continued harrassment of a Soviet family which wishes to emigrate to the United States. Igor Shmuilovich. his wife Kira. and their family first applied for exit visas in 1974. Initially. the family was denied permission to emigrate on the basis of false claims that Igor had access to secret information. The Shmuilovich family continued to request permission to emigrate. and finally they were granted permission to emigrate in March 1981. They made all the necessary arrangements. paid emigration fees. and purchased airline tickets. At the very last minute. however. the government declared that a mistake had beign made. and only Kiras parents were allowed to depart. Kiras mother has recently had serious surgery and now suffers from heart disease.
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