It was most assuredly not our purpose to attempt to influence the outcome of these elections nor to disrupt them in any way. Neither did we make any a priori assumptions there would be any violations in the election process. I am also distressed to learn that several United States citizens have recently been denied permission to enter the Soviet Union. EstonianAmericans. who had received visas from Soviet authorities. were informed on a stopover in Stockholm that they would not be permitted to enter Estonia to attend a congress there. Two UkrainianAmericans one of whom is a journalist. had been invited to visit during the time of the Ukrainian elections. They were also denied entry.