The Soviet Visa — The Russian Consulate's Requirements

[Yiddish:] "And regarding Uman — I was with a merchant of the fellowship at the Russian consulate about a visa. He told us that we need a formal request [טרעבוונא / אפאדרינג — a demand / formal invitation letter from within the Soviet Union] from there. And afterward — fill out a document — and give approximately half a pound. And send this to Moscow. And if they receive confirmation from there — he will give a visa. And I have already long since written to R' Shimshon about a formal request. And I received a reply that he cannot, for various reasons — but I should write to Eliya Chaim, or to Moshe Tshenstakhover [two Breslov figures in Uman who have more ability to obtain the required documents]. They can manage it faster." Therefore I ask of you — all the fellowship from Jerusalem — for the sake of Heaven: please write together in one letter to R' Eliya Chaim — and a letter to R' Moshe Tshenstakhover — and a letter to the general fellowship of Uman and to R' Shimshon — that they should be aroused to send me a formal request. And please describe my situation to them well — how it is an obligation upon them to save me from both worlds — having struggled so many years, etc. And now that I am already abroad, etc. And especially that it will be a good thing to conclude, etc. And all the fellowship should sign their names — R' Shlomo Veksler, etc. — immediately, as quickly as possible.