Members of both political parties in the House and Senate on Monday and Tuesday deplored the continued detention of Soviet Jewish dissident Anatoly Shcharansky for his efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry to emigrate to Israel, Sen., Carl Levin (D, Mich.) and Rep Robert Drinan (D, Mass.) sought to deliver a letter of protest on Shcharansky’s behalf to the Soviet Embassy last Friday but the Embassy refused to accept it The Congressional Wives for Soviet Jewry urged Shcharansky’s release.
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