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Introduction
Pages 18-20

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... In the Soviet Union in recent months, under the policy of glasnost, we have seen the release of many of the comrn~ttee's prisoners, including Tosif Begun, Tosif Berenshtein, Anatoly Koryagin, Ivan Kovalev, VIadunir Lifshits, and Tatyana Osipova. Finally, this symposium is a celebration of the presence here today of three of the committee's former prisoners of conscience: Juan Luis Gonzalez of Chile, Ismai!
From page 19...
... Gilbert White, Gustavson Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado and a foreign member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, will introduce the second topic on human rights, human needs, and scientific freedom. Francis Low, institute professor in the Department of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will introduce the third topic on human rights and human survival.


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