The American officials' comments today appeared to be a clear effort to prod Soviet legislators.

Aeroflot's deficiencies have created a market for a new independent carrier, two Soviet legislators say.

But several conservative Soviet legislators also criticized the Yavlinsky plan.

Soviet legislators today discussed the financial and human-rights considerations raised by a long-debated bill that would allow citizens the freedom to travel and emigrate.

Not long before, Soviet legislators had assembled in the Kremlin for the first democratically oriented assembly in 71 years.

"It was grossly unfair," the Soviet legislator added.

Official statements by the Kremlin and by Soviet legislators briefed last week on the situation were also used.

- Telman Gdlyan, a Soviet legislator.

Administration officials have said Soviet officials led them to believe the issue would be addressed by Soviet legislators.

Impatient Soviet legislators launched an independent parliamentary faction today to combat what their leaders called "the Communist Party aristocracy" and "the Gorbachev status quo."