Cautious joyand knowing resignation. The first few months of glasnost and perestroika have given us some cause for optimism. Recent signs of freer speech. worship and emigration. and the appearance of a willingness to negotiate constructive arms control. are encouraging. One measure of openness. the number of refuseniks allowed to emigrate. increased dramatically in the first months of 1987 over 1986although it is still only onefourth the alltime high cf 1979. The United States has a natural interest in the Soviet Unionit is the other great superpower in the world. And the United States has a natural interest in the state of human rights in the Soviet Union. as in any nation.
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