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Former Soviet journalist Ilya Cerol says Americans must view the Soviet Union with an
understanding of the "real ideological roots of that society."
Emigre says peace 'misguided'
By Paul Ertelt
Of the Emerald
U.S. journalists working in the Soviet
Union have misinterpreted the country, caus
ing serious effects on the development of
American foreign policy, says a former Soviet
journalist.
According to syndicated columnist Ilya
Cerol, misconceptions of the Soviet Union en
courage a misguided American peace move
ment. He says he believes a tough stance is the
most effective way to deal with the Soviets and
Pres. Ronald Reagan's nuclear policies will con
vince the Soviets to return to the negotiating
table.
Gerol, who emigrated from the Soviet
Union in 1979 and now lives in Vancouver,
B.C., visited Eugene this weekend to par
ticipate in a conference on U.S.-Soviet rela
tions sponsored by the Willamette World Af
fairs Council.
Gerol's duties as a Soviet reporter included
writing speeches for many important Soviet
leaders, including Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko. But when Soviet authorities
discovered Gerol was publishing articles in the
Western press critical of the Soviets, Gerol was
told to leave the country.
Though the spirit of detente was responsi
ble for his relatively moderate treatment by the
Soviets, Gerol says detente was a bad idea.
"My personal fate doesn't count," he says.
Gerol blames the policies of Presidents
Carter and Ford for the loss of seven countries
to the communists: Afghanistan, Nicaragua,
Ethiopia, Mozambique, Angola, Grenada and
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Council debates Soviet issues
By Richard Paxton
Of the Emerald
The president of Oberfin Col
lege and a United States State
Department official kicked off
the Willamette World Affairs
Council's first anniversary con
ference Friday.
The three day conference
brought together various ex
perts on Soviet affairs to speak
to concerned and active
members of the community,
providing different views of
U.S.-Soviet relations.
University professor Allan
Kimball served as master of
ceremonies for the conference,
which focused on the question:
“The United States and the
Soviet Union. Where have we
been? Where are we going?
“The issues that we're talking
about are issues that each of us
have as much right as any other
voting citizen in a democratic
environment to establish an opi
nion about, to inform ourselves
about and to state views upon
and act upon," Kimball said.
The weekend conference
revolved around speeches,
open discussions and debate.
Keynote speaker at Friday's
opening ceremonies at the
Eugene Conference Center was
Frederick Starr, Oberlin Presi
dent and author of the recent
book,"Red Hot: the Fate of Jazz
in the Soviet Union." Approx
imately 100 people attended
Starr's lecture on Konstatin
Cherneko and his difficulties in
office.
Chernenko's power is more
limited than some may think, ac
cording to Starr, who
characterized the Soviet leader
as an interim manager of a
country which occupies about
one-fifth of the world's land
mass.
"Today we've been through a
period when we've been acutely
aware of the possibilities of
limits on the freedom of action
on the Soviet leadership," Starr
said. "The health and age of Mr.
Chernenko is a real problem.
He's not a long-termer in his
health apparently, and it's hard
ly to be expected, under the cir
cumstances, that he would have
a long term horizon."
He said the real power in the
Soviet Union is wielded by the
Politburo, a small group of
elderly polititians which has
picked the party chairman and
ruled the country since the
downfall of Nikita Khrushchev.
Things are changing though,
Starr said, but not through U.S.
economic, military or political
influence, as might be expected.
"The new Soviet man turns
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