Mikhail fears he will not be able to support his wife and two children. He wrote to a friend in Israel: "You can imagine what kind of material difficulties we face. besides all the other suffering." Though Mikhail now works as a telegraph errand boy. he cannot be sure he can even keep this job. Soviet authorities have refused tho Kozanevichs emigration applicatirn more than 7 times because of Mikhails former job classification. which authorities say may have put him in contact with "scientific state secrets." Clearly after more than 15 years he could not possibly have any knowledge of current State secrets. Furthermore. a friend of Mikhails. who worked for the same organization was granted an exit visa. The Kozanevichs are obviously being punished for faithfully pursuing their Jewish beliefs in the midst of constant persecution. As Mikhail wrote in 1977: Although our troubles started some time ago. they got worse after our Chanukah party last year.
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