Former “Prisoners of Conscience” Lassal Kaminsky and Lev Yagman–both sentenced to five years in the second Leningrad trial in May 1971–are on route from the Soviet Union to Israel and due to arrive tonight at Ben Gurion Airport, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry reported here today. The two will be joining their families who are already in Israel.
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