12 JULY 1986, Page 26

Refuseniks

Sir: 'Refuseniks' (Andrew Neil, Letter, 24 May) are Soviet citizens who wish to emigrate, and are persecuted for merely requesting this basic right: they are being refused. The Times journalists who do not wish to move to Wapping suffer only self-imposed discomfort. To call them 're- fuseniks' is an insult to the real ones, and trivialises their very real plight and suffer- ings.

Peter Simon

Suite 1, First Floor, 6 Avenue Road, London N12