Visa Applicants Moleste d by the USSR
(Continued From Page I)
ish claims for freedom to emigrate
formation Department, Embassy
He was told his invitation to
of the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- I lecture at Oxford University had
publics in Washington, D.C.
been "annulled," because his ap-
Antonov begins by describing ' pearance there would not "bene-
fit the Academy:' and was de-
Shapiro as ''a tall young man with
a reddish growth on his face, and . nied the right to accept an invita-
tion
from the Polytechnic Institute
I can picture him holding an 'Uzi'
in Grenoble, France.
submachine gun in a 'situation'
22—Friday, July 28, 1972
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
—"Nob
persuade the three Moscow- Jews
to testify against Markman by
promising them quick action on
their exit visas if they compiled.
The sources said that all three re-
fused. According to Jewish circles
in the USSR, the Sverdlovsk trial
may he followed by other ''show
trials" of alleged Zionist activists.
Prof. Vladimir Rarboy of Kiev,
Jewish sources in the Soviet
a Jewish activist who was arrest-
Union reported that the attitude
ed for demonstrating and had
of Soviet officials toward Jew-
his phone lines cut, has been ' ish applicants for exit visas in
granted a visa, Jewish sources
Tashkent has changed for the
"In America the man to whom
better. Some
in Russia reported.
applicants have
I talked has gained popularity not
Jacob
D.
Fuchsberg,
former
been granted their visas within
as a Zionist fanaticist ever ready
president of the American Trial
a month after filing an applica-
to kill on orders from Tel Aviv.
tion. Bukharan Jews, who are a
Lawyers Association who just re-
but rather Zionist propaganda has
majority of the applicants, re-
turned from a visit in the Soviet
made hint a suffering Romeo, a
Union, said in a press conference
ported that the ovir (visa office)
victim of 'severe Soviet conditions'
officials had even helped them
that a highly placed official in the
which ruined his 'honeymoon.' "
complete the visa forms.
Soviet government told him that
Antonov goes on to describe
there
is
a
dossier
on
every
Jew
Jewish sources also reported that
Shapiro's "wife" (the quotes are
in the Soviet Union ready to be there are about 50 Ulpanim, Heb-
his) and an "instructor" who
used if and when the case neces-
rew courses, in the Soviet Union,
Antonov writes "proved to be a
sitates it." He also reported that
20 of which are officially register-'
rabbi.•' Shapiro described his
he met with Gavriel Shapiro and
ed as tax paying schools for foreign
wedding ceremony to Antonov
his lawyer.
languages. In most cases the cour-
and mentioned the use of kosher
Fuchsberg said he visited the
ses are held in the teacher's home.
wine and the building of a huppa.
Soviet
Union
to
establish
an
inter-
Some of the classes have pro-
Shapiro is then quoted as saying
professional
relationship
between
gressed
as far as the fifth grade
that he is not religious, and never
the trial lawyers of the U.S. and
in an Israeli primary school, the
went to synagogue. Antonin ,
USSR, and as a representative of sources said. One or two of the
writes. "Then who needed the
Judy . Silver Sliapiro, (;avriel's
Ulpanim include chapters of Bible
medieval religious rite and
American wife. Fuchsberg said
and Llehrew poetry in the curricu-
kosher whiskey, pardon me,
that Shapiro is "well, courageous
lum, according to the sources_
wine?"
deeply committed to his re-
F:ban Charges Soviets Try .
He continues "Zionists are pre-
limon and his convictions. He con-
to Terrorize Jews Seeking
senting Gavriel Shapiro as a vic-
siders that he has dual citizenship
Emigration to Israel
tim of mythical 'oppression' of
and wants very much to live in
Jews in the Soviet Union. - Ile then
JERUSALEM (.1TA ) —Foreign
Israel," the lawyer said. Fuchs-
adds that Shapiro's shirking of
Minister Abba Eban charged that
berg evaluated Shapiro's lawyer
army duties is punishable under
Soviet
security forces have mount-
as ' competent and experienced in
the Constitution."
ed a deliberate campaign in re-
political cases like this. - As a
Then Antonov writes, "The young
cent weeks to terrorize and deter
result of the publicity in the West,
specialist "(Shapiro works at in
Soviet Jews from emigrating to
Fuchsberg claimed, the Soviet of-
dustrial installations related to de-
Israel. He stressed that help must
ficials took the unusual step of
f•nse)" was given access to pro
he extended to all Soviet Jews who •
freeing Shapiro while his case un-
Jests and documents involving
needed it, regardless of their
derwent further investigation.
state secrets.
citizenship
but said that the matter
Fuchsberg said he met with
"We know of people in tne USA.
of
granting Soviet Jews Israeli
U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet
such as Congressman James i
citizenship in absentia could be ef-
Union Jacob D. Ream and State
Scheuer ID-NN'i who have been
fective with regard to the way in
Department officials and had
paying increased attention to So-
which the cases of these people
meetings with other high Soviet
viet scientists and specizlists who
were handled.
officials, which he could not dis-
are Jews and who possess secret
Eban spoke in reply to three ur-
cuss at the moment.
information."
gent agenda motions introduced
The results of his trip, Fuchs-
Antonov says twat for those
by
Menahem Begin of Gahat, Elie
berg said, were to open the door
who have certain military train-
zer Shoshtak of the Free Center.
to a relationship between Soviet
ing or whose work involves in-
and Rabbi Avraham Werdiger of
and American attorneys.
terests of the state, emigration
Poalei Agudat Israel, which were
Destitute Leningrad Family
to Israel is restricted. Taken
all referred for a plenum debate.
LONDON (ITA)—Paulina Epel-
into account is the tense situa-
Eban said that he would give the
man
and
her
nine-year-old
daugh-
tion in the Middle'East created
Koesset Foreign Affairs and De-
ter are destitute in Leningrad, un-
as a result of Israel's aggression
fense Committee more details con-
able to obtain exit visas to Israel.
against Arab countries."
cerning the points raised about
Mrs. Epetman wants to join her
the handling of Israeli citizenship
Antonov concludes, "But the
husband, a lecturer at the Univer-
papers destined for Soviet Jews,
Soviet law sees in Shapiro only an
sity of Beersheba, Jewish sources
some of them currently awaiting
ordinary deserter "
in the Soviet Union reported.
trial
in the Soviet Union.
Meanwhile in Moscow, Mrs.
They said she was dismissed
He also charged that Soviet
Shapiro came within a few feet
from her job as chief pharmacist
authorities are jamming Russian-
of her husband Monday. But
at a Leningrad hospital after ap-
language broadcasts by Kol Is-
she never saw him. Soviet offi-
plying for a visa. NIrs. F:pelman
rael, the state-owned radio, "de-
cials refused entry to the Cinci-
was told that she was fired be-
spite the fact that these broad-;
natti woman when she arrived
cause of her behavior—trying to
casts refrain from commenting on
at the Sherenielyevo Airport
leave the Soy iet Union to join a
Soviet policy "
here without a visa. She was try-
"traitor" in Israel. She and her
ing to rejoin her husband before
chili are without means of sup-
he went on trial N'•dnes.day.
port
Shapiro was at the airport to
The Soviet secret police is try-
meet his wife of six weeks. Ile
ing to involve three Jewish ar-
and his lathe- were waiting just
• ivists from Moscow in the trial
outside the door of the arrival
of Vladimir Markman scheduled
terminal when a policeman ap-
to open shortly in Sverdlovsk,
proached Mrs. Shapiro at the
Jew ish sources in the Soviet
line at the health control desk.
Union reported. The sources
S., Let officials detained her 90
said that under interrogation by
minutes before placing her on the
the KGB, Nlarkman was asked
first departim: flight
repeatedly about alleged con.
Jewish Scientist Expelled
tarts with Vladimir Slepak,
entin;s Prestin and Vikti 7 Polski,
NEW \uft K .ITA • prof_ yen
y ;Jim!) Levich. noted electrochern
all o Moscow. All have applied
for visas to go to Israel.
1st was expelled from the Soviet
•
Academy of scu•nce after he ap
Although he dente.: nay
any
•
pied for a visa to emigrate to Is-
thaw to do with them. the three
may be •orcert •.•
rael the National Conferenc• on
mai with
•
ttlarkmar, as co -telemlants
The
s,oiet Jewry reported Dr Levich
•
als.• w a: fired from hi-, Post al
•
Moscow t ruversicy aryl was drop
Aaron
Dennis
M.
ped trom the editorial rioards
•
County Commissioner
two journa,s, Electrocuerms , ry viral
d pie
.,• s•,m.its. Pres
.
Ihr Journal if Chemical Eng:nem-
tot And
Serd
•
••ask
an •ml.istrial city
:rig Ile .,st ,Iminhershtp In
in the
7.1;N,
rather
:hot:
Si
.1:NOC.at.,n.,4 iii whath
in
Moscow
where the trial would attract the
had been active. the National Con
attention of the Western press.
ference said
The 55 year old chemist was a
The sources claimed that a KGB
signer of petitions upholding Jew-
Col., N. S. Pozdniadov tried to
oft tb'1/4
similar to that of the Six-Day War
which the whole civilized world
condemned as aggression and a
crime.
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