5,000 Leningrad Jews Reported Ready to Emigrate

LONDON • (•JTA-)--At -least- 5,000
of 'the 300,000-strong Jewish com-
munity of Leningrad are ready to
emigrate to Israel, if they can get
visas, it was learned here. The in-
formation came from members of
the Cinovya Israeli—"The Sons of
Israel Underground Organization."
"They reported, according to the
sources, that no fresh arrests have
been made lately and there has
been little harassment, "but some
of us are afraid it will come."
One of the informants expressed
the belief that Soviet authorities
may have realized that a policy of
- persecution is "self-defeating."
The Supreme Court of the Rus-
- soian Republic Tuesday rejected
an appeal for mitigation of sen-
..tences of nine- 'convicted in
the second Leningrad trial last
May of complicity in an alleged
aerial hijack plot.
The prisoners were not pres-
ent in the court to hear the ver-
dict, which was given to their
lawyers. Apart from their wives,
no Other, relatives or friends
were admitted to the hearing.
A group of Jews, some of whom
had come from Leningrad, waited
on the pavement outside the court
for the results.
Admitted to the courtroom by
special pass were several "mem-
bers of the public." They reported-
ly shouted to the wives of the con-
victed men, "Don't you like the
sentences? You ought to be shot."
The nine Jews were sentenced
on May 20 as follows: Ilya Butman,
10 years; MikhaihKorenblit, seven
years; Lassal Kaminsky and Lev
Yagman, each to five years; Vladi-
mir Mogilever, four years; Solo-
mon Dreizner, Lev Korenblit and
Victor Boguslaysky, three years
each; Viktor Shtilbans, one year.
Aleksander Gorbach, a 35-
year-old Jewish engineer who
was tried in Vinnitsa, Ukraine,
over the weekend, has been fined
$444 and will be freed on pay-
ment, the Jewish Telegraphic
Agenvy learned.
Gorbach, who was arrested for
posession of materials with Jewish
themes, faced a sentence of up to
two years' imprisonment. The pros-
ecution, however, demanded only a
fine in the amount of $555. The
sources speculated that the lenient
sentence may have stemmed from
a desire by the Soviet authorities
not to look "foolish" in the eyes of
the world and that it might im-
prove Gorbach's chances of obtain-
ing an - exit visa to go to Israel.
Gorbach suffers from a serious
eye ailment. Unlike other Soviet
political prisoners, he was allowed
to live at home while awaiting
trial.
'Richard Maass, chairman of the
American Jewish Conference on
Soviet Jewry, had cabled Soviet
Communist Party chief Leonid
Brezhnev, Premier Alexei Kosygin
and other officials in Moscow over
the weekend declaring that the
Gorbach trial was "part of a de-
liberate campaign to discourage
requests for exit permits by Jews
who wish to live as Jews in dignity
and freedom."
On learning of the mild penalty
imposed on Gorbach, Maass told
the JTA that it could be interpret-
ed "perhaps" as a Soviet response
to mounting world opinion against
the political trials of Jews.
If so, he added, this is only fur-
ther indication that Moscow is sen-
sitive to world opinion and that the
pressure must be maintained.
Gaynor I. Jacobson, executive
vice president of the United Hias
Service, said in New York, that
relatives of Jews seeking to emi-
grate from the Soviet Union should
not be discouraged by the difficult
process of obtaining an exit visa.
Jacobson was commenting on the
description of that process con-
tained in a report by Abraham S.
Karlikow, director of the American

Jewish Committee's, European of-
fice, released last week.
Jacobson told the JTA that
contrary to the impression which
may have been created by the
Karlikow report, Jewish emigra-
tion from the USSR is "hardly
impractical and indeed is on the
increase to the United States as
well as to Israel."
He said that "Far from discour-
aging prospective emigres and
their families from seeking reunion
in freedom, current reports from
families recently emigrated and
from other sources indicate cause
for optimism. While there are diffi-
culties encountered. in the some-
what intricate migration proced-
ures, individuals should not be at
all discouraged — they should in
fact be hopeful," Jacobson said.
Another spokesman for HIAS
told the JTA that ,successful emi-
gres have indicated that visas can
be won through the doggedness
and persistence of the applicants,
although admittedly in many in-
stances this has not been the case.
'HIAS reported • that 92 Soviet
Jews have immigrated to the U.S.
between Jan. 1 and . June 30, 1971,
compared to a total of 125 for all
of 1970.
Sixteen of the newcomers have
arrived this month and, according
to HIAS, 28 Jews in Moscow who
plan to come to the U.S. are await-
ing the processing of visas , that
have been granted them.
HIAS said it now has an active
caseload of 3,000 applications from
American citizens to have their
families in Russia join then and
anticipates that the caseload will
increase.
Through HIAS facilities, rela-
tives of Soviet Jews can initiate a
search for their kin whose where-
abouts in the USSR are unknown.
The organization urged the rela-
tives of Soviet Jews to contact the
HIAS office in New York for fur-
ther information on all aspects of
immigration.
A Jewish woman from Vilna ar-
rived in Israel with her 18-month-
old son who is suffering from a
blood ailment which Soviet doctors
have said was incurable.
Mrs. Bella Tzerulmikoff left the
So.viet Union on a six-month visa
after she persuaded Soviet author-
ities that a cure might be found
in Israel. The child has been ad-
mitted to the Beilinson Hospital in
Petah Tikva. The same plane from
Vienna brought Jewish immigrants
from Riga, Vilna, Tashkent, Geor-
gia, Moldavia and Kovno.
Report Jews Arrested in Moscow
May Have Been Returned
to Soviet Georgia by Force
LONDON (JTA) —Vlad imir
Slepak, a Jewish scientist in Mos-
cow, reported by phone that 35
Jewish sit-ins from the Georgian
Republic who were arrested last
Thursday may have been forcibly
returned to Georgia.
Slepak spoke to Leah Slovin, an
attorney, who left the USSR for
Israel in 1969 and is presently in
London trying to arouse support
for Aleksander Gorbach, an en-
gineer facing trial in Vinnitsa.
Miss Slovin said Slepak told her
that no one knew where the arrest-
ed Jews were.
About 45 Jews were seized by
Moscow police after a 24-hour sit-
in and hunger strike at the central
telegraph office to protest delays
in processing their visa applica-
tions. All but 10 were from Geor-
gia. The rest, from Moscow, Kiev
and other cities, had joined them
in the protest.
According to eye-witness ac-
counts, they were all herded into
police vans and driven off.
Miss Slovin said Slepak knew
his wire was being tapped but
wanted the Soviet authorities to
hear him.
(Israel's UN Ambassador Yosef
Tekoah asked Secretary General
U Thant personally to intervene on

behalf of the 45 Jews- arrested in
Moscow.
(In San Clemente, Calif., eight
hours after learning of the arrest
of the 45,. three California groups
rallied more than 100 persons
for a two-hour candlelight vigil
outside the Western White
House.
(Zev Yaroslaysky, chairman. of
the California Students for Soviet
Jews, urged President Nixon to
take • "swift, vigorous and forth-
right steps" to aid the prisoners
and all of Soviet Jewry.
Some • 1,500 persons, including
Christian ministers, members of
the Council of Christians and Jews,
human rights leaders and 'trade
union officials met with more than
300 MPs of all parties. Many MPs
repRtedly promised to write to 'the
prime minister- asking for his per-
sonal intervention. with Soviet
leaders.
The mass lobbying effort was
initiated by the Board of Depu-
ties of British Jews and organi-
zed by the Asociation of Jewish
Ex-Servicemen.
The resolution before the House
has been signed to date by 316
MPs, more than half the member-
ship. It "deplores the refusal of the
Soviet government to permit Jews
to leave Russia in accordance with
recognized human rights; its per-
secution of those Jews who wish
to emigrate to Israel and its re-
fusal to permit Soviet Jews freely
to practice their religion and to
maintain their culture."
The resolution "calls upon her
majesty's government to use its
best endeavors to secure and en-
sure respect" for the human rights
of Jews in the USSR.
Six members of the Committee
for the Release of Soviet Jewish
Prisoners gained entry Tuesday
night to a reception in the Guild-
hall for visiting members of the
American Bar Association. They

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