Soviet ballerina asks to leave
NZPA-Reuter Moscow The Soviet ballerina, Lyudmila Vlasova, who was the cause of an international incident at a New York airport a year ago • when she chose to return to the Soviet Union and leave her defecting husband, has said she has applied to join him in the United States, Miss Vlasova, aged 36, wife of the former Bolshoi dancer, Alexander • Godunov,
said .in a telephone interview: “I have sought permission to join my husband. I hope to have a positive reply and I hope it will be soon.” .; f-;,':
Miss Vlasova was held for more than 80 hours on board a grounded airliner last August at Kennedy Airport while American offi« cials were satisfied that she was returning to the Soviet Union of her own free will.
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Press, 5 August 1980, Page 8
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