It has also been claimed that the political detente which accompanies improved economic ties will have a moderating influence on the domestic policies of the Soviet leadership. Yet. in the past few months we have witnessed the harshest Soviet crackdown on intellectual dissidents since the Stalin era. Moreover. Soviet authorities continue to harass and restrain those Soviet citizens who wish to emigrate. All but a few have been forbidden to leave their country. The claims that Americans will benefit economically may seem ironic to American housewives who have watched the rapid rise of food prices since last years sales of huge amounts of wheat and feed grains to the Soviet Union.
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