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Furthermore, as Soviet leaders discover the economic advantages of using cheap slave labor, the number of prisoners may increase once again. As crime and alcoholism rise, authorities simply ship away these twin social problems to remote regions of Siberia. The CIA report also notes, "Forced labor is thus likely to become a more important means of relieving serious manpower shortages, particularly in inhospitable areas." Even more sinister, Vietnamese and other Asians form a growing contingent of slave laborers, a partial "payment" of Vietnam's huge debt to the Soviet Union...
...Siberia and back...
...addition, Moscow made a gesture last week that was an apparent response to the Reagan Administration's call for concrete action to show good faith in the area of human rights. Fifteen Pentecostals from Siberia were allowed to emigrate to Israel. Some of them had taken refuge in the U.S. embassy five years ago, hoping that U.S. diplomats would help get them out of the Soviet Union...
...withdraw their children from atheistic state schooling. Moreover, ever since Lidiya, her four relatives and two neighbors dashed into the U.S. embassy, the conflict has become more complicated. The Soviets promised to consider their visa applications only if all seven returned to their native city of Chernogorsk in southern Siberia and applied through normal channels. Fearing reprisals, the seven had steadfastly refused to leave the embassy...
...diplomats were not sure last week if the Soviet move signaled any change in government attitudes. For their part, the Vashchenkos stubbornly demanded that eleven relatives back in Siberia also be allowed to emigrate. Meanwhile, the U.S. embassy has reassured the six that it will extend its hospitality indefinitely...