Their continued persecution at the hands of the Soviet Govemment. at whose direction the KGB has harassed and hounded them since 1985. followed the defection of KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky. Lelas husband and the girls father. to the United Kingdom. These victims of past intelligence affairs are treated as criminals despite committing no crime. They wish only to leave the Soviet Union and join Oleg in the West The constant harassment of the KGB. and the repeated refusal of this request to emigrate. betrays any spirit of liberalization in the Soviet Union. The Governments of the United States and the United Kingdom have repeatedly con-
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