Word: niefeld
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Figure Skating Champions Oleg Protopopov, 47, and Ludmila Belousova, 43. So alarmed were Soviet officials over the rash of recent defections that they canceled a scheduled 28-concert U.S. tour by the Moscow State Symphony. Before the drastic decision was made, the orchestra's U.S. booking agent, Samuel Niefeld, was suddenly summoned to Moscow. Niefeld was reportedly asked to give "guarantees" that there would be no defections from the orchestra. Obviously Moscow was as dissatisfied with his reply as it was distrustful of the orchestra's loyalty...
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