Coson and Mr. Quinlan met many of the same prisoners we met last year. GoldovichSentenced to 15 years for treason to the motherland for attempting to cross the Black Sea in a rubber raft in 1985. when emigration was denied to him. KlimchakSentenced for treason also for trying to flee the repression of a previous era by crossing the Iranian border. carrying short stories deemed nationalistic by the Soviets. KazachkovAgain. denied the right to emigrate and sentenced on espionage charges for meeting with a U.S. consular official. Then sentenced again in prison to 3 % years not in Perm 35. but the even stiffer regime of Chistopol Prison. This occurred after our visit with him and after his efforts to form a Helsinki monitoring group to monitor conditions in Perm 35.
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