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Bonner exiled, Sakharov taped...
...another diversion from more pressing matters, the Senate prepared to debate a meddlesome measure introduced by New York Republican Senator Alfonse D'Amato that would rename the site of the Soviet embassy in Washington Andrei Sakharov Plaza. While attempts to keep pressure on the Soviets to free the ailing dissident from confinement are laudable, even the State Department saw this one as a dubious and ill-conceived political ploy. State Department Spokesman Joseph Reap said the measure, which seems to have broad congressional support, might violate international agreements on protecting the dignity of foreign missions, lead to Soviet retaliation...
Bonner said that the Sakharov case is still famous in Russia. "There is not a single person who does not know the name of Andrei Sakharov, whether or not they approve or disapprove of his actions...
...Sakharov and his wife Elena Bonner, Tatiana Yankelevich's mother, were exiled to the city of Gorky in 1980. Since then, his case has been a cause celebre for human rights activists around the world...
Higgins Professor of Physics Sheldon I. Glashow, who serves as president of the Washington-based Sakharov Institute, was in the audience. "I wouldn't expect any action on this case until after the [Presidential] election," Glashow said yesterday...