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Defector pursues writing as dream meets cold reality
Alexander Sakharov, a Soviet U.N. information officer who defected on March 17 1981 with his wife and unborn child, recounts a 20 month period of unemployment and welfare in the United States. He sought work as a translator or lecturer but faced stalled opportunities, questionable interrogations, and aid from the Tolstoy Foundation while struggling to adapt to life on the West Coast.
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John Rice
Associated Press
Pinole
Calif
Alexander Sakharov
Soviet Union
United Nations
New York City
Alexander Artem Sakharov
U.S
Sakharov
San Francisco
West
FBI
Washington
State Department
CIA
Joe Reap
Dale Peterson
New York
West Coast
UC Berkeley
Dundes
University of California At Berkeley
Moscow
Linda Metaxas
Tolstoy Foundation
el Cortez
Berkeley
Ucla
Monterey
la Jolla