It is incompatible to attach such importance to his criticism of SDI while disregarding. as OVIR does. his opinion in an incomparably simpler matter in the sphere of his particular speciality. Still. for more than 12 years. I am refused permission to emigrate to Israel for reasons of secrecy. In the Soviet Union. refusal for permission to emigrate on the pretext of secrecy is decided mysteriously. in secret. without any legal process being followed. and without the right of appeal. This inevitably breeds misinformation. abuse of power. and an unlimited possibility to take personal revenge. I am convinced that this is the only true reason for refusing me the right to emigrate. This was evident in the tragic death of my wife last December 17. Shevardnadze firmly assured Senator Gary Hart that there was no objection to my wifes departure from the USSR. In spite of the extreme importance of every passing day. the Visa Office did everything possible to delay her departure. It took personal letters from Mr. Hart and Ambassador Arthur Hartman to Shevardnadze and intervention by Soviet Ambassador Dubinin before my wife was finally given her exit visa a month later. Quite possibly. this delay proved fatal. She died of embolism three weeks after arriving in the United States. I am 76 years old. seriously ill. and I have no relatives in Russia. My only daughter has been living in the United States over ten years. There are no grounds for refusing me the right to emigrate for reasons of secrecy. In view of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Pact on Social and Political Rights. both ratified by the Soviet Union. and of the Helsinki Accords. not to mention the humanitarian aspects of the matter. I insist on my right to emigrate. Prof. NAUM MEIMAN.
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