It was certainly impressed upon me that if we made one strong impression as a delegation. we made the impression of just that. of representing the principle of free speech. We had diverse views expressed among the Senators to the various Soviet speakers. who were all inclined to conformance. and I think this was the great value of our particular exchange. the fact that we could speak freely. and I think they admired that most. On the very evening of the talks. as the distinguished chairman. the Senator from Minnesota. will remember. we were able without embarrassment to speak to the dissidents on SovietJewish emigration to the United States from the Soviet Union. and we still carried on our frank. free. and open speech. Now to come home and find the idea extended that the very thing we had there accomplished would somehow be offensive and not accomplishable here in the United States by. not a politician nor a diplomat. but a writer and a human being. that he could not be heard. seemed an elimination of almost all the good. if any. that we did on our trip to Moscow. I yield to the Senator from Minnesota. the chairman of our delegation.
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