sample@ubc-visi (11/30/83)
from ihu1h!nesacadm: First it can be disputed that the Soviet government and people are "painfully aware of the effects of war". It's been almost 40 years since WW II and memories have faded. Ours and theirs. I really feel that on this score there is very little difference between the govern- ment or peoples of either nation. But there is little evidence one way or the other. Talk to someone who has been to the Soviet Union. The country is *full* of monuments to war dead and similar things. My father was recently in the Soviet Union at a physics conference, and when taken on tours, his guides (Soviet physicists, not government guides) were continually pointing out some site or other and explaining its significance in one of the world wars. Rick Sample