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Saturday, October 21, 2006

There Was a Bear

A new book uncovers a 1983 memorandum recording an offer extended by Senator Ted Kennedy to a man called Yuri Andropov. He was, at the time, the General Secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. Kennedy wanted Andropov’s help defeating Reagan. The memo reads, in part:

If the proposal is recognized as worthy, then Kennedy and his friends will bring about suitable steps to have representatives of the largest television companies in the USA contact Y. V. Andropov for an invitation to Moscow for the interview. Specifically, the board of directors of ABC, Elton Raul and the television columnists Walter Cronkite or Barbara Walters could visit Moscow. The senator underlined the importance that this initiative should be seen as coming from the American side.

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