Thirty-one immigrants from the Soviet Union arrived in Israel late Sunday night, aboard a specially-chartered Austrian Airlines plane hired by the Jewish Agency to bring them here in time to celebrate the Passover seder with relatives and friends. The newcomers, from Moscow, Leningrad and Kharkov, included two long-term refuseniks ??? Daniel Fradkin and Anatoly Chechik.
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