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Preliminary Marshal Elections and Undergraduate Council Elections: October...
According to University Marshal Richard M. Hunt, Rudenstine and Ikeda discussed "the affairs of the world" and other topics...
Some have insinuated that Marshal Akhromeyev was involved in the coup attempt. I have no way of knowing, but my instincts tell me he wasn't. He often spoke to me of his amazement that Americans believed that Soviet generals decided the course of his country's history, which he vigorously denied. At the same time he believed deeply in the need for a strong Soviet military...
...Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Fyodorovich Akhromeyev was my friend. His death last week by his own hand was a tragedy that mirrors the convulsions racking the Soviet Union. He was a communist, a patriot and a soldier, and my guess is that he would have listed his affiliations in that order. His entire life was spent in the service of the motherland and the party, beginning in 1940 when he enlisted in the army. World War II left an indelible stamp on him. Close to 80% of Soviet men born in 1923, the year of his birth...
...December 1987 the marshal visited Washington for the first time. He was accompanying President Gorbachev for the signing of the treaty that eliminated intermediate-range nuclear missiles. I invited him to call on me at the Pentagon. When he arrived two mornings later for breakfast, he was alone. Here was the leader of the Soviet military marching into the enemy's camp, without security people or a gaggle of aides. It was an impressive display of self- confidence. At that meeting he told me the two things in his life that he was most proud of were his participation...