§ 79. Mr. Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will report on the progress which has been made with the case of George Samoilovich of Moscow, who urgently seeks an exit visa for medical treatment in the West.
§ Mr. WaldegraveWe have raised this repeatedly with the Soviet authorities. My right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State asked Mr. Shevardnadze to take action on this particularly distressing case when we met in New York in September. He undertook to look into it, but there has been no progress so far. We will continue to press the Russians until there is.