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United States-Soviet Union Exchange of Prisoners White House Statement.

April 27, 1979

In accordance with arrangements worked out by the United States Government and the Government of the Soviet Union, the President today commuted the sentences imposed on Valdik Enger and Rudolf Chernyayev, and they are in the process of leaving the country.

At the same time, the Soviet Government has released the following individuals: Mark Dymshits, Alexander Ginzburg, Edward Kuznetsov, Valentyn Moroz, and Georgi Vins, who have now arrived in the United States. The immediate families of the five will join them very shortly.

Note: Press Secretary Jody Powell read the statement at 3:50 p.m. to reporters assembled in the Briefing Room at the White House.

Jimmy Carter, United States-Soviet Union Exchange of Prisoners White House Statement. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/250180

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