Mr. President. I would like to join my colleagues today .in condemning the Soviet Unions refusal to grant exit visas to Soviet citizens who are married to Americans. The Helsinki accords and other human rights conventions to which the Soviet Union is a signatory clearly state that married couples should be allowed to transfer their permanent residence to the home nation of either partner. It is a tragedy that the Soviet Government continues to force the separation of married couples. or. in some cases. prevent marriages from taking place. Two Californian couples are among those cruelly separated by the vagaries of Soviet emigration procedure. Ann Michele Cardella. of San Francisco. married Leonid Lvovovich Sheyba. a resident of Leningrad on August 13. 1985. Mr.
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