Session #93 · 1973–75

Speech #930117710

He also stressed thatWe have to ask ourselves a question: Whether it should be the principal goal of American foreign policy to transform the domestic structure of societies with which we deal? The Soviet leadership gives every indication that it intends to pursue its policy of improved relations with the West without yielding to domestic or international pressure for liberal reforms. Whether it be in relation to Nobel Laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn. or to historian Pyotr Yakir and economist Kiktor Krasin. or to physicist and civil rights advocate Andrei Sakharov. or to the rights of the Jewish minority to emigrate. the Soviet Government seems determined to repress those who do not passively submit to prevailing governmental thinking. My own view is that progress toward detente must be accompanied by continued pressure on the Soviet Government for greater respect for human rights. The question Dr.
Keywords matched
emigrate

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
85%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian

Speaker & context

Speaker
EDMUND MUSKIE
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
ME
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
930117710
Paragraph
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