I would like to bring just one of these refusenik cases to the attention of the House today. Boris Kelman. his wife Alla. and their two sons Efim and Maxim. are residents of Leningrad. They first applied to emigrate from the Soviet Union in 1979 and were refused that same year for state security reasons. A structural design engineer by trade. Boris Kelman quit his job with a research institute 2 years prior to his first application for an exit visa. Thus. he has not been privy to state secrets for over 10 years. However. since applying for permission to leave the Soviet Union.
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