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Soviet Jewish Biochemist Allowed to Exit,
Will Got to Israel After a Two-Year Wait
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Reports out of Riga indicate
that Oleg Milshtein, a
biochemist who was previ-
ously refused permission to
emigrate to Israel on
grounds of alleged state sec-
rets he had been exposed to
at work, has received his
long awaited visa and is ex-
pected to leave shortly with
his wife Flora and children,
according to the National
onference on Soviet
wry.
He applied for a visa 21/2
years ago. .
A former professor at
Latvian State University,
Milshtein . quit his post
shortly before applying to
emigrate. His wife, a
psychiatrist, was able to
continue her work while
Oleg was forced to accept a
position as a loader in a beer
factory.
The NCSJ learned that
during Milshtein's wait,
officials from his univer-
sity had told the Office of
Visa Registration that
they had no objection to
his leaving the USSR and
that he had not been ex-
posed to any secrets.
In a related development,
the Al Tidom Association
reported that Soviet Jewish
refusnik, Michael Manos,
recently was beaten by
KGB agents and accused of
being a "traitor to the
Motherland, who achieved a
high position and now
wants to run to Israel." He
was taken to police head-
quarters, tried for
hooliganism and sentenced
to serve 15 days in jail.
Another refusenik,
Anatoly Starkman, and his
family are living in terror of
harassment by the Soviet
authorities, Starkman, a
42-year-old mechanical en-
gineer, has been refused
permission to emigrate to
Israel because through his
job, he could have been ex-
posed to secret information.
Starkman left the job in
1968.
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Starkman has been ar-
rested numerous times and
has served several 15-day
jail terms on trumped up
charges. Starkman and his
wife, Miya, are constantly
summoned for interroga-
tions and their apartment
has been searched numer-
ous times.
Meanwhile, Avital
Sharansky, wife of im-
prisoned emigration
spokesman Anatoly
Sharansky, accompanied
by her brother Mikhail
Steglitz, have embarked
on a coast-to-coast cam-
pus drive to gain support
for an international stu-
dent hunger strike set for
the March 15 anniversary
of Sharansky's arrest by
the KGB. The tour and
fast is being jointly coor-
dinated by the Student
Struggle for Soviet Jewry
and Union of Councils for
Soviet Jews.
Sharansky remains in-
communicado in Moscow's
Lefortovo Prison. Neither
his family, friends or a
lawyer have been permitted
to see him. Those interested
in joining the hunger strike
should contact the SSSJ,
200 W. 72 St., Suites 30-31,
New York. N.Y. 10023.
D.C. Fire Bomb at Arab's Home
WASHINGTON (JTA)_—
The Jewish Community
Council of Greater
Washington deplored the
attempted fire-bombing of
the home of an Egyptian
employee of the World
Bank.
Calling the incident " a
reprehensible attempt to
make a political state-
ment," Council president
Bernard S. White said in a
press statement: "The or-
ganized Jewish community
believes that resorting to
such tactics can only harm
the mutual efforts of all
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peoples of conscience and
good will for peace."
Hussein Mustafa, 54, an
engineer who works for the
bank, said he was asleep
with his wife and their 10-
year-old son in their home
in suburban Bethesda, Md.,
when he was awakened by a
noise at the door. He found a
burning can of gasoline.
The. Montgomery Fire
Department said the dam,,
age was about $200, mainly
to the front door. No one was
hurt.
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Christians Open
Jerusalem Office
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JERUSALEM — Christ-
ians from 10 countries who
came to Jerusalem to affirm
their "biblical identification
with Israel" have decided to
establish an International
Christians for Israel (ICI)
office in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Post, the office
will seek to link concerned
individuals, churches and
organizations in commit-
ment to Israel.
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