Detente raises second thoughts in Moscow and Washington
AP analysis notes misgivings among American and Soviet leaders about detente amid Middle East war and oil shocks. Brezhnev faces internal factional pressure from Suslov and others while Kirilenko Mazurov and Shelepin back detente. Suslov warns it should not end class struggle. Kissinger’s role dominates as tensions rise and the policy's future hangs in the balance.
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Moscow
Middle East
Leonid I. Brezhknev
Communist Party
NATO
Europe
Japan
United States
Washington
Brezhnev
West
U.S.S.R
Mikhail Suslov
Kirilenko
Mazurov
Egypt
Syria
Coun
Shelepin
Suslov
Brezhnevy
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Soviet Torture of U S Embassy Employee Described
Alexander Dolgun, a former U S embassy employee imprisoned in the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1956, recalls brutal torture and coerced confessions. He later returned to the United States with help from officials and Solzhenitsyn framed his experiences in The Gulag Archipelago. Dolgun now lives in Maryland, works for HEW, and plans citizenship for his wife.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Alexander D. Colgan
U.S
Moscow
Dolgun
Andrew
Rockville
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Gulag Archipelago
Solzhenitsyn
Gorky Street
M.G.B
Russia
Vienna
United States
Nixon
HEW
Podgorny signals doubt on Brezhnev foreign policy
In a Riga address Podgorny hinted at divisions within the Soviet leadership over policy toward the United States. He downplayed the U.S. role in foreign affairs, mentioning America only twice and stressing collective leadership over Brezhnev’s one man rule while noting Suslov and Polyansky’s opposition.
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Associated Press
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Nikolai V. Podgorny
United States
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Podgorny
Latvia
Riga
Mikhail Suslov
Dmitry Polyansky
Brezhnev
Sovietskaya Latvia
Poedgorny
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Othis
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U.S.A
West Germany
France
Europe
Cold wave death toll in India climbs to 321
In New Delhi the two week cold spell in northern India killed 321 people as rural villagers faced gear and heating shortages. Temperatures sank to the lowest in 80 years and power cuts loomed as authorities urged voluntary limits on heater use.
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Government Radio
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