A very small percentage of that group is permitted to travel across the Atlantic to the United States. and equally small percentages of transAtlantic travelers are reluctantly permitted to fly foreign carriers. Most Soviet citizens are government employees. and virtually all transportation paid for by the Soviet Governmentincluding sports and theatrical groupsmust fly on the national carrier. Only a small number of emigrants or older people visiting relatives in the United States. either paying for their own transportation or traveling on prepaid tickets. are permitted on Pan Am. I have heard that Americans of Russian ancestry are told in Moscow that conditions might improve for their Russian relatives if they traveled Aeroflot as a gesture of goodwill by a U.S. citizen. It is interesting to note that most of these few Soviet passengers who do find their way to Pan Ams obscure. illidentified second floor office in the old Metropol Hotel. and then manage to stick with Pan Am through the cumbersome Aeroflot ticketing process. are not Russians.
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