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Fathers' long wait may be over
Avedis Madjarian and Vitas Sakalauskas, emigres with sons in the Soviet Union, learn their sons’ exit visas were approved under a divided families pact. Both fathers, long denied contact, wait to see their relatives return as officials note 117 exit visas granted.
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Jerry Belcher
Los Angeles Times
Avedis Madjarian
Vitas Sakalauskas
Soviet Union
Madjarian
Sakalauskas
U.S. State Department
Bureau of Soviet Affairs
Switzerland
Hollywood
Calif
Susan
Costa Mesa
Lebanon
Soviet Armenia
Kevork
United States
Tom Bradley
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Dianne Feinstein
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Feinstein
Gorbachev
Moscow
Billy Graham
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Robert E. Badham
R-Calif
Badham
State Department