ERMOLENKO ARRIVES
(N.Z P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) 5 SYDNEY. The Soviet violinist. ’ Georgi Erem.olenko, has ar-' irived in Sydney with his! parents to set up a new life jin Australia. The Soviet family arrived ’ ion a flight from Frankfurtl | after successfully applying | Ito the Australian Embassy! jin Vienna for assisted pass-! I ages as migrants. The Ermolenkos said! (through an interpreter —I (none of them speaks English j— that they told Soviet; Authorities they wanted toj (emigrate to Israel. i They were granted exitj !visas to Vienna, but Georgi; 'did not know whether they! i would have been allowed out lof the country had they told i Soviet officials they were ( igoing to Australia.
On a concert tour of this] country last August. Ermo-i lenko announced his intention to defect from the ; Soviet Union, but later changed his mind and relinked home. I
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33791, 13 March 1975, Page 22
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