Today, 41 years ago, on 20 May 1984 (Lunar Calendar 20 April 1984), Sakharov sought political asylum for his wife. On 20 May 1984. Last month, the Soviet dissident Andrey Sakharov sent letters to British diplomats in Moscow. In his letter, he requested that his wife be allowed political asylum at the U.S. Embassy in the Soviet Union and disclosed his hunger plan. The physicist, a dissident, also strongly demanded that his wife Elena-Bona be allowed to go to the U.S. for treatment for heart disease. Reports from Moscow indicate that Bonneth may have been arrested in the name of a crime that Soviet officials called ¡°engaging in anti-Soviet activity.¡± Bonneth had promoted her husband¡¯s struggle, including his hunger struggle. It is