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Local Whitman student tours Soviet Union amid mixed views
Mike Sullivan, a Whitman College sophomore, joined 30 peers on a 19 day Soviet tour led by Professor Graeme Auton. He described Soviet life as stable yet different, noted censorship and black market caution, and recalled meetings with students in Moscow Kiev Odessa Tbilissi Volgograd and Leningrad while contrasting American freedom and media portrayals.
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James Bush Edmonds
Mike Sullivan
Edmonds
Sullivan
Whitman College
Walla Walla
Soviet Union
Graeme Auton
Whitman Political Science Department
Russia
Moscow
Kiev
Odessa
Tbilissi
Volgograd
Stalingrad
Leningrad
Red Square