Quite the contrary. in the realm of science and scholarship the awful ways of Stalnist terror are discernible again. The Sovlet Union is increasingly endangering the free flow of scientific communication by putting insurmountable obstacles in the way of those scientists who wish to exercise their freedom of movement. Scientists have been dismissed from their posts. their families have been harassed. and they have been declared to be virtual hostages by the demand that ransom fees based on educational attainment be paid if emigration Is permitted. Furthermore. the threat of abrogation of degrees has been announced. and in some documented instances. authors of scientific papers have had their names removed from works which they have authored. Obstacles to attendance at International scientific meetings held in the Soviet Union have been noted for these Soviet scholars. to say nothing of denial of exit permits for scholars of international reputation to attend meetings or to lecture outside the Soviet Union.
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