The four-member Slepak family of Moscow was told two days ago that it would be denied exit visas, the National Conference on Soviet Jewry said today. The family consists of Vladimir and Maria Slepak and their sons Aleksander and Leonid.
The Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry reported that Aleksander Slepak was told by the Appeals Committee that his appeal was being denied for one year on security grounds and that he could try again next Dec. During this time, he was told, he must find regular employment and give up “anti-Soviet propaganda.” Vladimir and Aleksander Slepak are prominent Jewish activists.
The SSSJ also reported that activist Viktor Yakhout was told by the Appeals Committee that a decision on his case would be handed down Wednesday.
Outside the Soviet Mission in New York yesterday, several dozen members of the SSSJ and the Washington Heights-Inwood Council for Soviet Jewry picketed for amnesty for Soviet Jews keyed to the 50th anniversary of the USSR and the celebration of Chanuka. The demonstrators also protested Soviet Premier Aleksei N. Kosygin’s response this past weekend to Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey’s questioning of the emigration tax.
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