After having asked to be turned into the New Orleans Police. Medvid was instead turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol. The Border Patrol. in turn. had Medvid talk to an interpreter on the phone. and then returned Medvid to the Soviet freighter. This interpreter testified subsequently before Congress that Medvid had made clear to her his desire to be granted political asylum. Upon realizing that Border Patrol agents were returning him to the freighter. Medvid once again leapt overboard and swam ashore. a clear indication of his desperation. his yearning to defect from the Soviet Union to the United States. This time he began beating his head against the shore in an apparent attempt to get medical attention on shore.
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