Anatoly has made repeated attempts to secure the release of his family from the Soviet Union. including a grandson he has never seen. Unfortunately. Anatoly is just one of a number of United States citizens whose spouses remain in the Soviet Union. having been repeatedly refused exit visas to emigrate. As a signatory to the Helsinki accords. the Soviet Union has agreed to provisions in the act which states that "The participating States will deal in a positive and humanitarian spirit with the applications of persons who wish to be reunited with members of their family. with special attention being given to requests of an urgent charactersuch as requests submitted by persons who are ill or old." There has been progress in the resolution of divided spouse cases are relations between the United States and the Soviet Union have improved and American diplomats have given a higher priority to addressing these cases. However. I am disturbed that the Soviet leadership has taken action on relatively recent cases while ignoring or repeatedly refusing to resolve longstanding cases. This resolution calls upon the Soviet Union to grant exit visas for all those who wish to join spouses in the United States. Furthermore. it requests that the Soviets give special attention to quickly resolving the longstanding cases. such as the Michelson separation. This fall.
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