Minnesota. Kharchev stated at the conference that the situation in the Soviet Union has improved and true religious freedom now exists. He indicated that additional Soviet Jaws would be permitted to emigrate and also promoted the idea of a Soviethosted international conference on religion in 1987 or 1988. Kharchev stated that mistakes may have been made in the past with regard to the suppression of religious activities in the Soviet Union. but things have changed and "real religious freedom" does exist in the Soviet Union today as long as its practice does not challenge the CPSU or the Soviet Government. Kharchev was not scheduled to make a formal presentation during the conference. but he did hand out an 11page paper. in English. which argued for peace and nuclear disarmament on moral grounds and presented selected examples of religious tolerance in the Soviet Union.
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