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...agree, things have changed. I tell my questioner that they've also published dissident writers such as Vladimir Voinovich and Georgi Vladimov, they've begun little by little to publish me, and they're even allowing some limited criticism of the General Secretary. If things go any further...
...permitted to leave. Sakharov has refused previous invitations to travel outside the country, fearing that he would not be allowed to return. But his wife, Human Rights Activist Yelena Bonner, reportedly said recently that he "felt isolated" and indicated that he might accept a new invitation. Novelist Georgi Vladimov, another prominent dissident, has already accepted a similar guest professorship at the University of Cologne in West Germany. The pattern seemed to fit in with reports that Andropov was giving priority to settling the dissident problem...
...deadline has passed. Vladimov did write a letter to Yuri Andropov asking to be allowed to emigrate. He told the Soviet leader that he was "ready to accept the familiar thorns of a Russian writer and walk under the vaults of Lefortovo Prison," but had decided to leave for his family's sake. Wrote Vladimov: "To be forced to this is painful and humiliating. We have already proved our love for Russia by the patience with which we endured persecution, repression, humiliation...
...intricate network of wrinkles around Vladimov's eyes lightens as he describes the KGB search. His interrogator, a lieutenant colonel, told him that the KGB employs experts to examine the literary worth of authors they investigate. Vladimov had received a highly favorable evaluation. But the rest of the message was not so encouraging. If Vladimov did not write a letter of apology for his "antistate" writings by Jan. 20, listing all the Western diplomats and journalists he has met, his files would be sent to the prosecutor...
...Vladimov does not expect Andropov himself to reply. An answer will come either from the passport office, which means he will leave, or from the procurator, which means he will be warned that criminal charges are pending. For now, the man widely considered the best writer of his generation in the Soviet Union can only sit and wait in his small apartment until a postman drops an official letter in his mailbox...