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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Paradoxically, the new Soviet leader has been widely described in the U.S. and European press as a liberal and an intellectual with pro-Western leanings. Since Andropov (pronounced an-dro-pof) left the KGB last May, this impression has been fostered assiduously by the Soviets in an effort to soften his image. A number of Soviet intellectuals in Moscow, Soviet tourists abroad and Emigres in the West have been making a point of portraying him as a cultivated man, not at all what one would imagine a top policeman to be like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Soviets: A Top Cop Takes the Helm | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

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