Refusenik Gets OK to Leave
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MOSCOW — Jewish refusenik Alexander Lerner, who has for nearly 17 years vainly sought permission to emigrate, said he was told today that he and his family will be allowed to leave.
Lerner, 74, one of the best-known refuseniks remaining, linked the authorities’ sudden reversal to recent talks Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev had with President Reagan and prime ministers Margaret Thatcher of Britain and Bob Hawke of Australia. “All of them mentioned my name to Mr. Gorbachev,” Lerner said.
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