— Israel radio reported Monday that Anatoly Shcharansky has been held in strict solitary confinement in labor comp 35 in Perm for the past three months. The Soviet authorities were reported to be trying to break him by psychological ####thods. He is not allowed to send or receive messages or food parcels. Letters from his mother are being confiscated and photographs sent by relatives are not being delivered to him.
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