Prof. Alexander Voronel who was released from jail yesterday plans to go ahead with the scientific seminar that the authorities prevented him from holding while President Nixon was in Moscow, sources in the Soviet Union said today.
According to the sources, Voronel indicated that the gathering, supposed to have begun July 1, will be held as planned, probably next fall. It was called off when most of its organizers, including Voronel, were jailed or sent into hiding on the eve of Nixon’s arrival. Soviet police cordoned off Voronel’s Moscow apartment where the scientists were to meet and arrested all persons entering or leaving.
The purpose of the seminar, which had wide support from scientific circles all over the world, was to focus attention on the plight of Jewish scientists deprived of their jobs for applying for emigration to Israel. It was also intended to bring these scientists, who have been isolated from contacts with their colleagues, up to date on the latest developments in their fields. The seminar was planned a year ago and only by chance coincided with Nixon’s visit.
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