Mr. President. in this time of easing EastWest tensions and rising hopes for greater freedom in the Soviet Union. there remains a group of people who are still being denied a basic human right: the freedom to emigrate. I am here today to share with my colleagues the case of Yosef Roginsky. a Soviet Jewish refusenik. Mr. Roginsky. a resident of Leningrad. is separated from his wife and child. who now reside in the United States. They were allowed to emigrate in April of this year. He is a chemical engineer/senior researcher. and previously worked at the Chemical and Oil Production Institute. His work there was considered to be of a confidential nature. and his application for emigration has been refused a number of times on the grounds of state secrecy. Mr. Roginsky quit working at the institute in 1979.
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