The National Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry reported today that four Moscow Jews have received exit visas. They are: Leonid Koshovoy, 44; Isaac Dimshits, 50; Lev Karp, 38, and Grigory Knizhnik, 37.
Koshovoy, who first applied to leave in September 1970 and Dimshits, who originally applied to leave in May 1969, have long been involved in the Soviet Jewry movement within the USSR and are among the oldest refuseniks in Moscow. Karp, whose application had been pending for more than one year, was a professor in the field of technical cybernetics and in charge of research and practice of automation systems in computers for health and forestry programs for the USSR. Knizhnik, a lecturer in radio electronics, first applied more than one year ago.
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