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...their persistent and unfaltering courage in speaking out against Soviet suppression of intellectuals, my vote for Man of the Year goes jointly to Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Andrei Sakharov...
...Peace. Part 2 of the BBC's elaborate and expensive production of the Russian classic centers on Andrei and Nikolai and their experiences in the Battle of Austerlitz. CH.2. 8:30 p.m. Color...
Medvedev's argument is directly opposed to that of Physicist Andrei Sakharov (TIME, Sept. 24), who has called for congressional passage of Senator Henry M. Jackson's amendment making most-favored-nation status in Soviet trade contingent upon free emigration. Medvedev praised Sakharov's "unquestionable courage" and denounced the "gross and unjust" harassment that the scientist has suffered from Soviet authorities. But Medvedev also suggested that Sakharov and Novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn may unwittingly be aiding reactionaries within the Soviet leadership, who can seize on their declarations "to split and demoralize dissidents...
...become almost embarrassingly routine for Soviet officials to attack Andrei Sakharov for criticizing Russian repression. Recently the Soviet physicist changed his target to the Middle East war and, true to form, he ran into trouble for his views. This time, however, he did not get the verbal abuse he receives so often in the Soviet press, but rather 75 minutes of terror at the hands of two Arab activists...
...early hours of the fighting, President Richard Nixon and Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev exchanged private messages, but carefully refrained from using the hot line in order to avoid the appearance of crisis. Later, Washington noted with satisfaction that Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko waited three days before granting a meeting requested by five Arab ambassadors in Moscow-a clear indication to Washington that the Soviets were not overly anxious to abandon détente in favor of the Arab cause...