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- LETTERS, Page 6GORBACHEV'S PEACE OFFENSIVE
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- Should Mikhail Gorbachev realize his visions (NATION, Dec. 19),
- he might live to see himself deified in history, dwarfing the likes
- of Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and other great statesmen
- of this century.
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- Garry R. Salomon
- Edison, N.J.
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- Czar Peter the Great of Russia labored to open the windows to
- the West. General Secretary of the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R.
- Gorbachev has opened the doors.
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- Margaret Murvay
- Berlin Center, Ohio
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- Gorbachev's speech to the United Nations was encouraging -- if
- we can depend on it. He referred to the French Revolution and the
- Russian Revolution but, rather conspicuously, omitted any mention
- of the American Revolution, which predated the others in
- promulgating the concepts of liberty and the rights of mankind. It
- makes one ask whether it is possible the Soviets still do not fully
- recognize and accept these tenets.
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- Dwight M. Gowdey
- Seattle
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- Stalinism is dead; the Soviet people will now get a new chance.
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- Wayne D. Gardner
- Tulsa
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- Since the end of World War II, Soviet leaders have relentlessly
- followed an aggressive policy of military buildup. I hope these
- recent moves by Gorbachev mean they have truly changed from being
- problem creators to being problem solvers.
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- Lawrence Rogers
- St. Louis