U.S.A.: PROFESSOR COMMENTS ON PLON XXX PHONE CONVERSATION WITH MRS. SOLZHENITSYN.
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1063853
U.S.A.: PROFESSOR COMMENTS ON PLON XXX PHONE CONVERSATION WITH MRS. SOLZHENITSYN.
- Title: U.S.A.: PROFESSOR COMMENTS ON PLON XXX PHONE CONVERSATION WITH MRS. SOLZHENITSYN.
- Date: 13th February 1974
- Summary: PROFESSOR GLAZOV WITH REPORTERS OUTSIDE BOSTON COLLEGE, WHERE HE IS A PROFESSOR OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE. HE DESCRIBES MRS SOLZHENITSYN AS BEING VERY NERVOUS, THEN RECOUNTS HER DESCRIPTION OF THE ARREST OF THE AUTHOR, THAT THE SECURITY PEOPLE HAD BORXXX BROKEN THE LOCK ON THE APARTMENT DOOR AS THEY LEFT. HE DESCRIBES THIS AS A SYMBOLIC GESTURE...MEANING THAT THE SOLZHENITSYNS WERE NO LONGER CITIZENS OF THE SOVIET UNION...AND THERFOREXXX THEREFORE WOULD HAVE NO NEED FOR LOCKS...SINCE THEY WOULD HAVE NO PLACE IN THE SOCIETY HE SAID...AND THIS IS HIS ANALYSIS, NOT MRS. SOLZENITSYN'S...THAT THE SOVIETS HAD CHOSEN WEST GERMANY AS THE RELEASE SITE BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SET THE SCENE..PREPARE THE STORY...THAT THE AUTHOR HAD CHOSEN WEST GERMANY BECAUSE HE WAS A FASCIST..AND THUS DISCREDIT EVERYTHING HE SAID SO FAR AND ANYTHING HE WOULD SAY IN THE FUTURE. Initials REUTERS/MS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 27th February 1974 12:00
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- Location: BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
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- Country: USA
- Reuters ID: LVA4TE844EVVGMDWJOUM9F7P79Z8
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