Mr. Speaker. I rise today to ask the question. "Where Is Glasnost?" In the past few months. since the Soviet Government announced its intentions to resolve human rights abuses in their country. it has been widely reported that the emigration pleas of Soviet Jews are being answered. Unfortunately. for too many Soviet Jews. this simply is not the case. I want to take this opportunity to challenge the Soviet claim of commitment to glasnost by sharing the plight of the Kagan family of Leningrad with my colleagues in the House of Representatives. Abram Kagan and his family have been waiting many years to emigrate to Israel. In 1984. I adopted this family and have been seeking exit visas for them since then. For many years. Abram was told that his knowledge of state secrets prevented him from leaving the Soviet Union. but this claim was never substantiated.
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