European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes tuesday october 3,1989 embassy in Moscow turns away thousands clamouring for . Visas .,1, a . Its Civ a t., inn him a i the la Niimd states embassy should be ashamed of up  Register for a place in line 17,000 people had Moscow a the . Embassy handed oui 30.500 visa applications monday the Day after rewritten rules for soviet emigration took effect but officials quickly ran out of forms and had  turn away thou Sands of upset would be emigrants. Consular personnel distributed the applications at a rate of 100 per minute with five allotted  each per son before running out 2ft hours later at 11 30 . Another 70,000 application forms were expected  be delivered  the embassy by the end of the week an official said and 300.000 More shortly thereafter. We Hope  be out of the Woods by Friday said the offi Cial who spoke on condition of anonymity. Many soviets angry at being turned away empty handed were also upset by the new regulations in which would be emigrants will have  Deal directly with Washington rather than the . Consulate in Moscow. It is a conspiracy Between the . Congress and soviet authorities said one woman who refused  give her name. The unite y the Way they arc treating us said another soviet seek ing a visa who also declined  identify himself. The United states has Long urged the soviet Union  liberalize its emigration policy. Now when soviet emigration rules have become More lax the United states has found that it cannot accept All the soviets who wish  leave. The new regulations which went into effect sunday created a surge in the number of people appearing at the embassy and More than 15,000 lined up Over the weekend  be among the first  get the new forms. They organized themselves into groups of 100, with the leaders of each holding up signs so people could secure a place in line then leave and return later. On monday morning traffic around the embassy building on Moscow s Busy Garden ring Road was snarled and the sidewalks around the embassy were jammed with people. When the applications ran out people still were lined up Between signs Reading places numbered 10.000  11,000. According  soviets at a Shack set signed up Over the weekend. Most of the applicants left standing outside the consulate Gate were confused by a Lack of information. Hundreds of people have lined up outside the embassy every working Day since soviet officials began liberalizing emigration policies last year swamping consular officials with paperwork. Iv1um.uw Kul Lauifi Ull Liao. Evil Usu via