Mr. President. I am deeply concerned about the continued harassment of Soviet Jewish citizens who are being denied cultural. social. and religious freedoms because of their status as refuseniks. One case I find particularly alarming is that of Boris Chernobilsky. Mr. Chernobilsky. his wife Elena. and their three children submitted a request for emigration in 1976. They were refused for reasons of "state secrecy." and their requests for a reasoned explanation were repeatedly refused. Mr. Chernobilskys visits to the Supreme Soviet to inquire about the reasons for his denial culminated in long bus rides that ended in his abandonment several miles outside Moscow and brutal beatings by the KGB.
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