4 More Soviet Jewish Families Told They’ll Be Allowed to Leave

MOSCOW —  Members of four more Soviet Jewish families were told today--a day after Josef Begun and several other refuseniks got similar news--that they will be allowed to emigrate, a Jewish activist said.

Vladimir Slepak, a Jew who has been trying to secure an exit visa since 1970, said emigration officials told the families by telephone that they will be notified by mail when they can get their visas.

Slepak said three Jewish families from Moscow--Valery Lerner, Boris and Emma Lanzman and Boris Kun--and Yevgeniya Palanker, a woman from Yereven in Armenia, were told today they would be allowed to leave.

Begun, among the best-known Jewish refuseniks, speculated Monday that granting him an exit visa “could be connected to a (U.S.-Soviet) summit” this year.

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