His files have been moved from Leningrad to Moscow and are under review there. Our approval of this resolution may given the Soviets the extra push necessary to let him go. I have also officially invited Vladimir to visit me in the United States and he has a request pending with Soviet officials to apply for a tourist visa to visit me in Washington. So far. he has not received permission to even apply for a visa. much less to secure one. Mr. President. I hope that this resolution. which is cosponsored by all Senate members of the Helsinki Commission. as well as others. sends the Commission on Citizenship and other Soviet officials at the highest levels a message that the United States Senate wants Vladimir Tsivkin. who has been granted refugee status by our Government. to be given permission to leave the Soviet Union. Mr. President.
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