Volume 27, Number 4 · March 20, 1980
The New Purge
By Peter B. Reddaway
The Soviet regime's current assault on dissent—of which Dr. Sakharov's exile is part—poses a serious new challenge to the West. The challenge overlaps with that of Afghanistan but is by no means identical to it. During 1980 we will see whether or not Western protests are determined enough—as they were during the last crackdown on dissent in 1977—to compel the Soviet leaders to draw back and bring the current purge to an end.
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