Letters: Dec. 13, 1982

Soviet Helmsman

To the Editors:

Dream on, Pollyanna. Yuri Andropov [Nov. 22] is another xenophobe who will provide the cutting edge for the Soviet scythe of oppression. Don Klein Gaithersburg, Md.

Many in the West think Andropov has pro-Western leanings. But remember, he was once boss of the Soviet secret police. He did not get where he is by having pro-Western sympathies. Michael Ganz Dallas

To put down Andropov's collection of books and records, which run to Jacqueline Susann and Chubby Checker, as one of poor taste is symptomatic of the blindness that characterizes our Soviet watching. The items that Andropov has acquired provide an...

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