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Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease
Suite 1111
Arthur I. Vorys
1828 L Street, NW
In Columbus:
1856-1933
Washington, D.C. 20036
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October 8, 1981
The Honorable Michael Deaver
Assistant to the President
Deputy Chief of the White House Staff
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Re:
October 15-16 ACYPL Board Meeting
Presentation on Exchanges with U.S.S.R. & P.R.C.
Dear Mr. Deaver:
As you know, the October 15-16 meeting of the ACYPL Board
will focus on the principal exhange programs in terms of their
histories, present statuses and futures.
At the request of that Board, Jim O'Neill and I have
prepared a report on the Soviet and P.R.C. exchanges, a report
which contains important recommendations with respect to the
future of those exchanges. A copy of our report, together with
supporting appendices, is attached and constitute the most
thorough review of these exchanges to date.
Jim and I would be pleased to discuss these with you in
advance of the Board meeting and welcome your participation on
the discussion at that meeting. Jim's telephone numbers are:
Office - (212) 732-0882 and Residence - (914) 834-2982; and mine
are Office - (202) 822-8200 and Residence - (703) 768-0768.
Best regards,
and
Randal C. Teague
RCT:ct
Enclosures
THE SOVIET UNION AND PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
ACYPL's political leaders exchange programs with the Soviet
Union and the Peoples Republic of China should be reviewed
individually and collectively. So, too, should the formulation
of plans for future exchanges be undertaken. In both instances,
this is because ACYPL activity has mirrored U.S. foreign policy
strategies with respect to (a) the Soviet Union and P.R.C.
separately and (b) together in the sense of their rivalries and
alternative U.S. foreign policy options derived therefrom.
Conclusions and Recommendations
In summary, the U.S. - U.S.S.R. program should be
renegotiated and reinitiated and the U.S. - P.R.C. program should
be continued for the following reasons:
1. Soviet and P.R.C. young political leaders are exposed
directly to the U.S. political and economic systems and the
rationales therefor.
By their tours of the U.S., they witness first hand the
diversity of our society and our political and economic systems,
particularly the prosperity of the latter (for example, home
ownership and residential quality, the extent of automobile
ownership, the abundance of consumer goods, wage earnings
underlying such prosperity, etc. )
These young politicians move to genuine leadership positions
within the Party and Government, and they carry these exposures
with them (see Appendix A for the positions in which prior Soviet
delegates now serve).
These particular exchanges are opportunities for penetration
to a new generation of leadership on what the U.S. positions are
and why. It is recommended, therefore, that the U.S. insist that
the Soviet and P.R.C. delegates be 40 years of age or under and
selected through the Committee of Youth Organizations of the
U.S.S.R. (Komsomol).
2. American young political leaders, including any
inclined to accept the Soviet and P.R.C. economic models and/or
premises underlying them, see those models first hand. They see,
too, the intransigence of political and economic thought and the
structured control thereof, particularly limitations on
intellectual inquiry.
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is this more demonstrated by them than in the
seminars In no (3 way to 5 days) which have been, and should remain,
to the exchanges. (See Appendix B for representative
central issues.) Defined as having more influence upon them than they
have upon us, we always "win". It is recommended that seminars
remain a central feature of future exchanges.
These U.S. political leaders, too, move to leadership
positions within the parties and governments and carry their
exposures with the Soviet and Chinese leaders with them into
future career positions present and future (see Appendix C-1)
for the names and titles of U.S. delegates).
3. The exchanges, particularly the Soviet exchange, have
provided U.S. delegates with access to persons and places
unparalleled in other exchanges with these countries, and the
level of access to U.S. political leaders has shown visiting
delegations the openness of the U.S. political system and
American society.
In addition, the exchanges provide U.S. embassy personnel,
including those of ambassadorial rank, with what they have
described to ACYPL as "unparalleled opportunities" for contact
with not only a future generation of political leaders but also
the present one. Furthermore, on each exchange at least one
young foreign service officer has an opportunity to travel with
the delegation and benefit from it, including establishing direct
contact.
4. The exchange agendas have provided for a certain
amount of "free time" while in the Soviet Union. This free time
has provided opportunities, which have been taken, for U.S.
delegates, on their own motions and without assistance by or
interference from the Soviet, to have informal meetings and
establish relationships with persons dissenting from the official
positions of the party, especially writers and publishers.
The Soviet have come to accept this, and the opportunities
for further contact should be continued through continuation of
the exchanges.
5. The continuation of the Soviet and P.R.C. exchanges
simultaneously reinforce the premises underlying U.S. tandem
policy strategies. A Soviet exchange without a simultaneous
P.R.C. exchange, and vice versa, would be misinterpreted by both
as to U.S. strategy.
6. Allowing the U.S. - U.S.S.R. exchange agreement to
expire was part of the prior Administration's response to U.S. -
U.S.S.R. tensions.
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The position of the new Administration with respect to the
U.S.S.R. will leave no doubt in the Soviets' perspectives but
that renegotiation and continuation of the exchange are
consistent with that position.
It is recommended, therefore, that the U.S. - U.S.S.R.
exchange be renegotiated, and if terms and conditions agreed upon
are acceptable, that the exchange be reinitiated. It is
recommended that, in no circumstance, should the commitment of
U.S. Government funding to the Soviet exchange be less than that
required to renegotiate the exchange program. Private sector
matching funds (to match the U.S. Government commitment) may be
sought for the subsequent exchange.
It is recommended, further, that the U.S. - P.R.C. exchange
be continued at a commitment level equal to the U.S. - U.S.S.R.
exchange, i.e., one U.S. delegation there and their delegation
here each fiscal year.
6. Withdrawal of U.S. Government support for the U.S. -
U.S.S.R. exchanges run unnecessary risks of Soviet allegations
against the U.S. that, under the Helsinki Accords with respect to
fostering mutual understanding, etc., the U.S. has shown bad
faith.
Histories of the Exchanges
U.S. U.S.S.R. The Soviet Union was the first principal
country area focus of ACYPL outside of western Europe. (From its
formation in the mid-1960's until the Nixon Administration, ACYPL
had focused almost exclusively on western European and NATO
exhanges).
The first Soviet delegation to the United States occurred in
May 1971, and the first U.S. delegation to the Soviet Union
occurred in November of that year. (See Appendix D for a
synopsis of U.S. - U.S.S.R. exchanges, 1970-79.) The most recent
exchanges were in 1979. Approximately 160 Soviet leaders visited
the United States and an approximate number of U.S. leaders
visited the Soviet Union. In addition, nearly equivalent numbers
have participated in the seminars held within their respective
countries as part of the agenda format (See Appendix C-2).
Soviet cities visited by U.S. delegations include Moscow,
Leningrad, Minsk, Kiev, Novosibirsk, Riga, Odessa, Alma-Ata,
Tallen, Toshkent and fourteen additional ones.
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U.S. cities visited by Soviet delegations include
Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston,
Denver, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Detroit, Phoenix and eighteen
others.
Soviet leaders with which U.S. delegations have met include
Geydar A. Aliyev, an alternate member of the Politburo and First
Secretary of the Azerbaijani Communist Party; George A. Arbatov,
Director of the U.S. - Candadian Institute; directors and deputy
directors of the USA Department of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs; Chairmen of the Committee of Youth Organizations of the
U.S.S.R.; deputy Foreign Ministers; and representatives of the
U.S.S.R. and various S.S.R. Supreme Soviets and their
secretaries.
U.S. leaders with which Soviet delegations have met include
President Gerald R. Ford (while President), Senators and
Congressmen, Governors and State Legislators, promient Mayors,
officers and staffs of foundations, the chairmen of the national
political parties, business and labor officials, the news media
and church leaders.
(For a summary history of this exchange see Appendix D).
U.S.-P.R.C. The China exchange is more recent and of less
experience. It is extant, requiring no present renegotiation,
although refinement is a continuing objective.
This exchange began in 1977. The first U.S. delegation to
the P.R.C. was in May-June 1977, and the first P.R.C. delegation
to the United States was in November-December 1979.
Approximately 36 U.S. young political leaders and the same number
of P.R.C. youth leaders have participated in the exhange (see
Appendix E).
U.S. delegations have visited Peking, Shanghai, Hunan and
five additional cities and areas, and P.R.C. delegations have
visited Washington, New York, Boston and Raleigh-Durham. Cities
agreed upon for the October 1981 P.R.C. delegation trip include
Washington, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Little Rock,
Ark. (See Appendices F and G for a synopsis of U.S. - P.R.C.
exhanges and a report on a representative delegation trip,
respectively.)
Prospects appear good for the continuation of this U.S. -
P.R.C. exchange.
James J. O'Neill
Randal C. Teague
October 15, 1981
[APPENDIX A]
Note: This appendix will be provided at October 15-16
Meeting.
[APPENDIX B]
ISSUES DISCUSSED AT MOST RECENT U.S. .-U.S.S.R. SEMINARS
1.
Perspectives on disarmament, including
a.
Strategic arms limitations
b.
Mutual and balanced force reductions in Europe
2.
Role of communication media in society
3.
Structure and role of political parties
4.
Development of scientific, cultural and economic relations
5.
Role of youth in society
6.
General U.S. - Soviet relations
[APPENDIX C-1]
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
1971 - 1979
REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Don W. Adams, Chair
Robert E. B. Allen, Esq.
Illinois Republican Party
Advisor to Governor Babbitt
Springfield, IL
Steich, Land, Weeks, & Cardon
Phoenix, AZ
Lyndon K. (Mort) Allin
(National President Young Democrats)
Foreign Press Officer
(Vice Chairman DNC 1976)
The White House
Washington, DC
Bernard W. Aronson
(Editor - President's Daily News
Summary)
Director of Policy, DNC
Washington, D.C.
Martin Anderson
Assistant to the President for
(Deputy Assistant for Labour Relations)
Policy Development
Washington, DC
H. Brandt Ayers
(Hoover Institute on War,
Editor and Publisher
Revolution & Peace)
Anniston Star
Anniston, AL
T. Coleman Andrews, III
Alan Baron, Editor
Corporate Strategy Consultant
The Baron Report
Bain and Company
Washington, DC
Menlo Park, CA
(Executive Director, Democratic Planning Group)
(Staff Assistant, Council for
International Economic
The White House)
Ms. Polly Baca Barragan
Vice Chair DNC
George Beall, Esq.
State Senator
Miles & Stockbridge Law Firm
Denver, CO
Baltimore, MD
(State Representative)
(U.S. Attorney)
Severin Beliveau, Esq.
Raymond E. Beck
Preti, Flaherty & Beliveau
Minority Leader
Augusta, ME
Maryland House of Delegates
Westminster, MD
(President, Association of State Democratic
Chairmen)
Linden Blue
Executive Vice President/
Thomas (Tim) M. Belk, Jr.
General Manager
Chapel Hill, NC
Gates Learjet Corporation
Wichita, KS
(Assistant Director, Issues and Organization)
(Luther Hodges Senatorial Campaign)
(Councilman, Denver City)
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
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REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Patrick J. Buchanan
Ms. Christine M. Black
Syndicated Columnist
Boston Globe
McLean, VA
Boston, MA
(Assist. to President Nixon)
(Wash. Correspondent Lowell Sun)
Ms. Patricia Sullivan Burke
Tom Broadwater
ACYPL Senior Program Officer
Maryland State Senator
Washington, DC
Hyattsville, MD
A. Joseph Canada, Jr.
Thomas Bromwell
Virginia State Senator
Member, Maryland House of Delegates
Virginia Beach, VA
Baltimore, MD
(Aide to Secretary of Legislature for
HEW)
Benjamin D. Brown
Executive Vice-President
Systems Research Company
Ms. Donna Jean Carlson (West)
Washington, DC
Arizona State Representative
Phoenix, AZ
(Deputy Chairman, DNC)
Jack W. Carlson, Esq.
Ms. Karen S. Burstein, Commissioner,
Bloomington, MN
Public Service Commission
New York, New York
(Asst. General Counsel YRN Federation)
Hon. W. Hodding Carter
Former Ass't Secretary for Public Affairs &
Robert S. Carter
Spokesman for the State Department
Chairman
Alexandria, VA
D.C. Republican Committee
Washington, DC
(Editor Publisher Delta Democrat Times)
Chapman B. Cox
General Counsel
Ms. Jill L. Center, Legislative Specialist
Colorado Republican Party
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture/Food & Nutrition
Service
Denver, 80
Washington, DC
Hon. Mike Curb
Lt. Governor of California
(Legislative Liaison, NSDA)
Sacramento, CA
(Republican National Committeeman,
Allen Cissell
Calif. 1976)
Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for International Education
U.S. Education Department
Washington, D.C.
(L.A. to Cong. Paul Simon)
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
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REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
A. Dellibovi
James Clyburn, Commissioner
Member, State Assembly
Human Affairs Commission
Albany, NY
Columbia, SC
(President, South Carolina YD's)
Hon. Howard A. Denis
(Assistant to Governor of S.C. in Human Resource
Maryland State Senator
Development)
Bethesda, MD
Linda Cusumano
(President of Y.R.'s, Maryland)
(Pres., Sojourner Ltd.)
Richard A. Derham, Counsel
Washington State Republican Party
Howard William DeWeese
Davis, Wright, Todd, Riese & Jones
State Representative
Seattle, WA
Harrisburg, PA
Michael Dively
Deputy Director
Warren Duckett
Department of Commerce
State Attorney's Office
Lansing, MI
Annapolis, MD
(State Senator)
Ms. Dudley Dudley
Member, Governors Council
Ronald Docksai
Concord, NH
Legislative Counsel to
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
(State Representative)
Washington, DC
(L.A. to Congressman Bob Bauman)
Richard J. Durbin
Parliamentarian
Illinois State Senate
William F. Dowd, Member
Springfield, IL
New Jersey State Assembly
Dowd & Reilly
Ms. Rose Economou
Red Bank, NJ
WBBM-TV
Chicago, IL
Lewis A. Engman, President
(Producer of Political Coverage)
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Assn.
Washington, DC
Ms. Nanette Falkenberg
(Chairman, FTC)
Assistant Director
Political Action
American Federation of State
Frank Fahrenkopf, Jr., Chair
County and Municipal Employees
Republican State Central Committee
Washington, DC
Reno, NV
(Regional Coordinator)
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
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REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
E. J. Feulner, President
H. Joseph Farmer
The Heritage Foundation
Executive Director, ACYPL
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
(Pres. NE YD's & Natl. Secy. YD of America)
(A.A. to Congressman Crane)
R. Michael Finley
Bartlett S. Fleming
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
President
Inter-American Affairs
Fiscal Policy Council
Department of State
Arlington, VA
Washington, DC
(State Treasurer, Arizona)
(Staff Director, Subcommittee on Inter-
national Operations, House Foreign Affairs
Committee)
Harry Flemming
President
Iverness Capitol Corporation
John Finnegan
Alexandria, VA
Massachusettes State Representative
Dorchester, MA
Ms. Gay Fletcher
Charles F. Flaherty, Jr.
Massachusetts State Representative
Ms. Toni Ford
Cambridge, MA
Asst. Administrator, AID
Washington, DC
(State Democratic Chairman 1976)
(D.C. Councilwoman, 1974)
Michael F. Ford
Ms. Kathryn Forte, Director
Cincinnati, OH
Orientation Office
University of Southern California
(Chief of Staff, Mayor's Office, City Hall,
Los Angeles, CA
Cincinnati, Ohio)
(Assistant Dean of Admissions, U.S.C.)
Don Fowler, Chairman
State Democratic Committee
Neal Freeman, President
Columbia, SC
Jefferson Communications
Vienna, VA
Hon. Wyche Fowler, Jr.
(White House Fellow 1971)
U.S. House of Representatives
(Board of Directors of Corp. Public
Washington, DC
Broadcasting)
(Alderman, City of Atlanta)
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
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REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Albert Ganier, III
Kem Crosby Gardener
Nashville, TN
Salt Lake City, UT
(1972 Precinct Chair)
(AA to Sen. Frank Moss)
Jeffrey B. Gayner
Professor Larry Steven Gibson
Director of Foreign Policy Studies
School of Law
The Heritage Foundation
University of Maryland
Washington, DC
Baltimore, MD
Hon. Louise Gore
(Associate Deputy Attorney General U.S. Dept.
of Justice)
Republican National
Committeewoman, Maryland
Ms. E. Ruth Graves
Potomac, MD
Washington, DC
(Washington Opportunities for Women)
David Gosselin
N.H. State Representative
Center Barnsted, NH
Michael Griffin
State General Agent
(Chair, NH COP)
American Income Life Insurance Co.
Montgomery, AL
Edgar F. Heiskell, III
(Director, Wallace for President)
Morgantown, WV
(Secretary of State, WV)
Charles Paul Hammock
Philadelphia, PA
Maurice Hobson
(State Representative)
NM House of Representatives
Alamogordo, NM
Elihu Harris
(Minority Whip, New Mexico House)
Member, California State Assembly
Oakland, CA
Lee Huebner
Publisher
Ms. Blythe Babyack Holbrook
International Herald Tribune
Journalist
France
Washington, DC
(Asst. to Pres., Whitney Communica-
tions)
Hubert H. Humphrey, III
Minnesota State Senate
St. Paul, MN
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
Page 6
REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
David R. Jones
Walter Hussman, Jr., Publisher
Director of Development
Arkansas Democrat
Vanderbilt University
Little Rock, AR
Nashville, TN
(Political Consultant)
Ira A. Jackson
Associate Dean and Executive Officer
JFK School of Government
Ms. Karlyn H. Keene
Harvard University
Managing Editor
Cambridge, MA
Public Opinion Magazine
American Enterprise Institute
Washington, DC
Joseph E. Johnson
State Representative
(Writer-Political and Public
Cameron Brown Co.
Relations Denver and Hannaford)
Raleigh, NC
Joseph Russ Kent
Philip M. Keegan
State Representative
Kupper Associates
Nashville, TN
Newark, NJ
(Chairman of Board of Regional Directors of
Wayne L. Kidwell
National YD's)
Of Counsel
Runft and Longeteig, Chartered
Boise, ID
Hon. Clifford P. Kelley
Alderman, Chicago City Council
(Attorney General, Idaho)
Chicago, IL
Walter C. Klein
Thomas J. King, Jr.
Walt Klein & Assoc.
Field Coordinator
Englewood, CO
Citizens for the Constitution
West Roxbury, MA
(A.A. to Senator Bill Armstrong)
Richard P. Koster
Sven F. Kraemer
Special Writer
National Security Council
Globe Democrat
Washington, DC
St. Louis, MO
(Program Director, Natl Strategy
Information Center Inc.)
William Lockyer
Member, State Assembly
Sacramento, CA
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
Page 7
REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Ms. Sonja L. Larsen
Ms. Barbara P. MacKenzie
Ottumwa, IA
Washington, DC
(Iowa State Representative)
(Director, Massachusetts Dem. Party State
Committee)
Hon. David H. Leroy
Attorney General of Idaho
Frederick (Rick) T. Merrill
Boise, ID
Washington, DC
(L.A. to Democratic Study Group)
Thomas Lias
Houston, TX
J. Alan Montgomery, Director
(Executive Assistant to Chair, RNC)
International Study Tours
Southern Progress Corporation
Birmingham, AL
Hon. Robert List
Governor of Nevada
(Staff to Senator Sparkman)
Carson City, NV
(Attorney General)
Ms. Anita Nelam
Washington, DC
Donald G. Livingston
(Vice Chairperson, National Women's Political
Vice President for Public Affairs
Caucus 1976)
Carter Hawley Hale Stores, Inc
Los Angeles, CA
Hon. David S. Nelson
(Corporate Secretary and Director of
United States District Judge
Public Affairs, Carter Howley Hale
U.S. District Court
Stores, Inc.)
Boston, MA
Fred A. Lockwood, CPA
Managing Partner
Paul V. O'Hara
Fred A. Lockwood & Co.
O'Hara & Associates
Gering, NE
Lincoln, NE
(Member, Nebraska Republic Party
(A.A. to Congressman Cavanaugh 1978)
Executive Committee)
R. Spencer Oliver
John D. Lofton, Jr.
Staff Director & General Counsel
Syndicated Newspaper Columnist
Helsinki Commission on Security & Cooperation
Laurel, MD
in Europe
Washington, DC
(Executive Director ACYPL)
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
Page 8.
REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Hon. M. Peter McPherson
James J. O'Neill, General Counsel
Administrator
Comm. of Publicly Owned Companies
Agency for International
New York, NY
Development
Wasnington, DC
(Tax Specialist, IRS)
Harold C. Pachios, Chair
Maine Democratic Party
Portland, ME
Ron Micheli
State Representative
Cheyenne, WY
William O. Perkins, Jr., Esq.
Jersey City, NJ
Thomas S. Milligan, Esq.
(State Representative)
Indianapolis, IN
(State Chairman, Indiana Republican
Ms. Carol Randles
State Central Committee)
Director, Congressional Liaison
Natl. Assoc. of Broadcasters
Washington, D.C.
Ms. Diana Moxhay
Yaounde
(Director, Women's Campaign Fund)
c/o Department of State
Washington, DC
Ms. Elizabeth Raymond
Director of Manpower Planning
John (Jack) F. Mueller
U.S. Synthetic Fuels Corporation
Cheyenne, WY
Washington, DC
(Vice Chairman Laramie County Central
(Asst. to the Sec. Office of Labor Relations
Committee)
President Olin Robison
Donald R. Murdoch
Middlebury College
Madison, WI
Middlebury, VT
(City Councilman, Madison)
(Dean of Faculty at Bowdoin College Maine)
Avi Nelson
Hon. Robert E. Rose, Esq.
Media Commentator
Las Vegas, NV
Brookline, MA
(Lieutenant Governor)
Stanley Page
Guilford, CT
Stuart P. Ross, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson
(State Senator)
Washington, DC
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
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REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Ms. Eleanor Parker
Thomas C. Sawyer
Washington, DC
Ohio State Representative
Columbus, OH
(L.A. to Senator Bob Taft)
Ms. Jill A. Schuker
Howard Phillips, Director
Press Secretary to Governor Carey
The Conservative Caucus
State Capitol
Falls Church, VA
Albany, NY
Charles Pickering
(Special Assistant to Assistant Secretary
Laurel, MS
of State for Public Affairs)
(State Chairman, Republican Party)
(State Senator)
Ms. Katherine Sebo
Chapel Hill, NC
Donald Pinkerton
(State Senator, NC)
Fairfield, Connecticut
(Mayor, City of Fairfield)
Robert C. Slagle, III, Esq.
Sherman, TX
Kenneth A. Plante
(Chairman, State Democratic Executive Committee)
Winter Park, FL
Michael Sophy, Political Consultant
Richard H. Plock, Jr.
Campaign Associates, Inc.
Denver, CO
Phoenix, AZ
(State Senate)
(Spl. Asst. Atty. General)
Ms. Pamela A. Powell
F. Ernest Stallworth
Falls Church, VA
Staff Director
Maine Labor Group on Health
(Director, Office of Youth Affairs)
Augusta, ME
(State Desk Copy Editor, Portland Press
Winthrop P. Rockefeller
Herald
President and General Manager
Winrock Farms
Little Rock, AR
Richard G. Steams
Assistant District Attorney, Norfolk County
Milton, MA
Hon. Charles R. Saxbe
Ohio State Representative
(VP of Nat'l Student Assoc.)
Columbus, OH
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
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REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Dr. William Schneider, Jr.
William R. Sweeney, Jr.
Associate Director for National
Deputy Chairman
Security and International Affairs
Democratic National Committee
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
(Executive Director, Democratic Congressional
(Member of International Institute for
Campaign Committee)
Strategic Studies 1972)
Ms. Louise M. Tesmer
Hon. Edwin J. Simcox
Wisconsin State Representative
Secretary of State
Madison, WI
State of Indiana
Indianapolis, IN
Michael White
Member, Cleveland City Council
Arnold L. Steinberg
Cleveland, OH
Public Affairs Consultant
Arnold Steinberg & Associates
Sherman Oaks, CA
Charles B. Winberry, Esq.
N.C. Democratic Committee
Rocky Mount, NC
Don Sundquist
Memphis, TN
(YD State Pres.)
(Young Republican Nat'l Chairman
1975)
Robert A. Taft, II
Hamilton County Commissioner
Cincinnati, OH
(Ohio State Representative)
Randal C. Teague, Counsel
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease
Washington, DC
(AA to Jack Kemp)
Hon. William M. Thomas
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC
(State Assemblyman California)
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
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REPUBLICAN
William Tucker, Esq.
Tucker Stuelpnagel & Brown
Denver, CO
(Pres. Denver YR's, Member YRNF Exec.
Comm., Chair CO State YRS)
David Wm. West, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Phoenix, AZ
Justin P. Wilson, Esq.
Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis
Nashville, TN
(Finance Chair, Tennessee Republican
State Executive Committee
Thomas Tucker Wright
U.S. Attorney's Office
Warren, RI
(Chair RI GOP)
U.S. TO U.S.S.R.
1971 - 1979
Journalists
Charles A. Gerguson
Editor
Ms. Ann Merriman, Associate Editor
Richmond News Leader
New Orleans States-Item
Richmond, VA
New Orleans, LA
(Associate Editor)
Allan H. Ryskind
Capitol Hill Editor
James Hoge, Editor
Human Events
Chicago Sun Times
Washington, DC
Chicago, IL
Michael B. Howard, Editor
Ms. Jeanne Saddler, Correspondent
Time Magazine
Rocky Mountain News
Washington, DC
Denver, CO
(Managing Editor, Rocky Mountain News)
(Correspondent, Baltimore Sun)
Ms. Mary T. Ivins
Ms. E. Elizabeth Dowling Sendor
Freelance Editor
Rocky Mountain Bureau Chief
Washington, D.C.
New York Times
Englewood, CO
Robert F. Sweeney
Editor and Publisher
(Co-Editor, Texas Observor)
The Colorado Statesman
Denver, CO
Ms. Nancy Beth Jackson
New York, New York
(Editor and Publisher Craig Daily Press)
Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, Senior Editor
(Columbia School of Journalism)
Reader's Digest, Washington Office
Washington, DC
John Kolbe
(Associate Ed for R.D.)
Political Editor & Columnist
The Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix, AZ
Daniel P. Weissman
Newark Star Ledger
Trenton, NJ
Stewart D. McBride, Staff Writer
New England Bureau
Christian Science Monitor
Boston, MA
[APPENDIX C-2]
U.S./USSR Seminars
1973 - 1979
REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Joseph Ayd
Robert E. B. Allen, Esq.
Baltimore, MD
Advisor to Governor Babbitt
Steich, Land, Weeks, & Cardon
(Former Member, Md. GOP Central
Phoenix, AZ
Committee)
(National President Young Democrats)
Ms. Kay Bailey
(Vice Chairman DNC 1976)
Washington, D.C.
Bernard W. Aronson
(Vice Chair., Natl. Transportation
Director of Policy, DNC
Safety Board)
Washington, DC
Michael F. Baroody
(Deputy Assistant for Labor Relations,
Deputy Director of Communications
The White House 77-81)
for the Executive Branch
Washington, DC
(Assistant to President, United
Mine Workers)
(Director of Public Affairs and
Research, RNC)
George Bachrach
State Senator
Lee Barron
Watertown, MA
Corral, ID
Ross K. Baker
(State Senator)
Professor of Political Science
Rutgers University
Douglas P. Bennett, Esq.
Highland Park, NJ
Bennett & Taylor
Washington, DC
Ms. Polly Baca Barragan
Vice Chairman, DNC
(Former Dir. Office of Presidential
State Senator
Personnel, White House)
Denver, 8
(State Representative)
Ms. Judith Brackman
Administering Officer
Ms. Margaret Bethea
State Clearinghouse
Columbia, SC
Columbus, OH
Ms. Cheryl Ann Daughetee Bowen
(Manager, Housing & Land Use)
Louisville, KY
J. Hugh Branson, President
(Former National Committeewoman, KY)
Advocacy Management, Inc.
Washington, DC
Benjamin D. Brown
Executive Vice-President
(Spl. Asst. to the Senate Majority
Systems Research Company
Leader)
Washington, DC
(Deputy Chairman, DNC)
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REPUBLICAN
DEMOCRAT
Dr. Garrey E. Carruthers
Ms. Sandra K. Casber
Assistant Secretary of the Interior,
Professional Staff Member
Land and Water Resources
Ways and Means Committee
Las Cruces, NM
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC
(NM GOP State Chair)
Ron Coleman
Michael H. Conlin
Coopers & Lybrand
Director of Governmental Affairs
Boston, MA
American Motors Corporation
Southfield, MI
(Attorney)
Samuel L. Cornelius, President
A. J. Jay Cooper
Comelius-Wriggins International, Inc.
Mayor, City of Pritchard
Washington, D.C.
Pritchard, AL
Ben Cotten, Esq.
Elmer Cooper, President
Counselor to the Chairman
Westwood Associates
Republican National Committee
Washington, DC
Washington, DC
(Attorney, RNC)
(Consultant and Ex-Pres., BART)
Arthur B. Culvahouse
Jim Copeland
Attorney-at-Law
Vice President for Legislative
O'Melveny & Meyers
and Regulatory Affairs
Washington, DC
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Washington, DC
(Legal Asst., Senator Howard Baker)
(AA to Cong. Stark)
Ross Davis
Republican State Central Commission
Richard G. DeGraw
Seattle, WA
Director of Administration
School of Social Work
V. Kent Dawson, President
Arizona State University
Horizon Enterprise Associates
Tempe, AZ
Juneau, AK
Ms. Dudley Dudley
(E.A. to Gov. Hammond Pouch)
Member, Governors Council
Concord, NH
Ms. Louise De Falaise
Kentucky State Representative
(State Representative)
Covington, KY
H. Joseph Farmer
Paul G. Dietrich
Executive Director, ACYPL
Executive Director
Washington, DC
Fund for a Conservative Majority
Arlington, VA
(Pres. NE YD's & Natl. Secy. YD of
America)
Wyatt B. Durrett, Jr.
Member
Ms. Barbara J. Flickinger
Virginia House of Delegates
L.A. to Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
Vienna, VA.
Washington, DC
[Appendix D]
Synopsis of Exchanges with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
1970 1979
ACYPL Delegations to
U.S.S.R. Delegations to
the U.S.S.R.
the U.S.
May, 1971
October 27 - November 14, 1971
July 29 - August 13, 1972
October 26 - November 8, 1972
April 22 - 27, 1973
November 2 - - 20, 1973
June 28 - July 19, 1974
September 18 - October 6, 1974 (J)
October 27 - November 10, 1974
January 10 - 24, 1975 (J)
April 20 - May 4, 1975
September 12 - 28, 1975 (J)
October 25 - November 12, 1975
November 4 - 22, 1975 (J)
November 3 - - 20, 1976
May 11 - 26, 1976
May 5 - - 17, 1977
June 10 - - 26, 1977
November 25 - December 6, 1977 (B)
May 16 - 30, 1978
June 15 - - July 5, 1978.
November 21 - December 3, 1978
December 12 - 24, 1978
June 1 - 15, 1979
June 29 - July 19, 1979
October 16 - 30, 1979
November 2 - - 20, 1979
Programs funded but yet to be completed:
FY '80 Budget
U.S. to U.S.S.R. - 12 delegates, 1 staff, 18 days - $27,332.00
U.S.S.R. to U.S. - 12 delegates, 1 escort, 1 Embassy escort, 1 staff
1 interpreter, 16 days, 12 Americans, 1 staff,
1 interpreter, 4 days - - $32,240.00
(J) Journalists
(B) - Board of Trustees
THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF YOUNG POLITICAL LEADERS
426 "C" Street, N.E.
Third Floor
Washington, D.C. 20002
Telephone: 202/546-6010
Cable: ACYPL
SUMMARY OF U.S./U.S.S.R. EXCHANGES
1971 - 1979
U.S. to U.S.S.R.
November 2 - 20, 1979
Ten delegates and one escort spent two weeks in the Soviet
Union as a return exchange for the Soviet delegation which visited
the U.S. in October. The delegation spent three days in Brussels,
Belgium and were briefed at NATO before departure for Moscow.
Upon arriving in Moscow, the delegation had the opportunity
to view the annual parade in Red Square celebrating the 62nd
Anniversary of the Revolution. They also were briefed at the
U.S. Embassy and attended a ballet and the Moscow Circus.
In Leningrad, the delegation met with local CYO officials,
members of the Supreme Soviet of Leningrad, World War II veterans
and visited the Hermitage.
A seminar with Soviet counterparts was held for a day and
a half in Moscow. Salt II, U.S. Soviet Global Relations and
Youth in Society were the topics discussed.
The delegation then travelled to Minsk where they met with
members of the Supreme Soviet of Belorussia, the Public Prose-
cutor of Belorussia, artistic youth and employees of the Minsk
Watch Factory. They also had an opportunity to visit the Museum
of the Great Patriotic War, the International Youth Center "Yu-
nost" and a veteran's hospital.
In Lithuania, the delegation met with the Republic Supreme
Soviet and the head of the Catholic Monastery in Vilnius. They
also had the opportunity to meet with the First Secretary of the
Young Communist League of Vilnius. A day trip to Kaunas included
a meeting with the District Executive Committee of the Soviet Peo-
ple's Deputies, a visit to the "Wedding Palace" and local museums.
Upon returning to Moscow, the delegation met with Victor
Isakov, Deputy Director of the USA Department of the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Gennadiy Yanayev, Chairman of the Committee of
Youth Organizations and staff of the U.S. Canada Institute. The
final scheduled event was a reception at the U.S. Embassy.
U.S./U.S.S.R.
Summary of Exchanges
Page two
Soviet Delegation to the U.S.
October 16 - 30, 1979
The ACYPL sponsored a delegation of eleven members from
the Committee of Youth Organizations of the Soviet Union for
two weeks in the United States. In Washington, the delegation
attended the Department of State Press Briefing as well as
briefings by DOS Soviet Officers. They also met with staff
of the American Enterprise Insitute, the Subcommittee on Eu-
rope and the Middle East of the House Foreign Affairs Committee,
Democratic and Republican Senatorial Administrative Assistants,
the Executive Directors of the Democratic Congressional Cam-
paign Committee and the National Republican Congressional Com-
mittee, Senators Gary Hart and Bill Armstrong of Colorado and
Carl Marcy, Co-Director of The American Committee on East-West
Accord. They had the opportunity to attend a ballet performed
by the Dance Theatre of Harlem, and had a tour of a Washington
Junior High School as well as the Air and Space Museum.
A seminar was held at Middlebury College, Vermont, with
eleven American political leaders. The topics of discussion
were: 1. Salt II; 2. U.S./U.S.S.R. Global Relations; and
3. Youth in Society. A day trip to the 1980 Winter Olympic
Site at Lake Placid, New York, climaxed their trip to New York
and New England.
Edwin Simcox, Secretary of State of Indiana, hosted the
delegation in Indianapolis where they met with the Governor
and Lt. Governor of Indiana, the leadership of the Indiana
House and Senate, the Deputy Mayor of Indianapolis and students
from a local university. Two farms and the Indianapolis Speed-
way were also on the agenda.
In New York City, the Soviet group met with the Vice Presi-
dent of the Communications Workers of America, the President
of the New York City Council, the Under-Secretary General of the
United Nations and staff of the United Nations Association. They
also had an opportunity to sightsee and to see the musical "Peter
Pan" on Broadway.
U.S./U.S.S.R.
Summary of Exchanges
Page three
ACYPL Delegation to the U.S.S.R.
June 29 - July 19, 1979
A delegation of twelve American political leaders and
one escort took part in a three-week study tour of the Soviet
Union in July 1979. Following briefings at NATO Headquarters
and the U.S. Mission to the European Economic Community in
Brussels, they arrived in Moscow in time for a July 4th cele-
bration hosted by U.S. Ambassador Toon.
In Kiev, the delegates met with students of Kiev University,
visited the Republic Supreme Court, the Institute of Hard
Materials, the World War II Museum and the Kolholz. Short
trips were taken to Mineralyne Vody, Pyatigorsk, Kislovodsk,
Dombey and Stovropol.
The delegation met with an equal number of Soviet Counter-
parts in Baku for a three-day seminar where they discussed
SALT II and U.S. Soviet relations.
Soviets to the U.S.
June 1 - 15, 1979
Twelve Soviets spent two weeks in the U.S. as part of
an exchange between the ACYPL and the Committee of Youth Or-
ganizations of the U.S.S.R. Included in the group were leaders
in the arts and sciences as well as young political leaders.
Their itinerary took them to Washington, D.C., Nebraska, Colorado
and New York City.
While in D.C., they met with former Ambassador to the
Soviet Union, Averall Harriman, officials at the Democratic
and Republican National Committees, the Director of the American
Committee on East-West Accord, Senator John Tower, and Con-
gressmen John Cavanaugh and Bill Thomas.
In Nebraska, they met with labor officials, State Senators,
the Lt. Governor and Secretaries of State and Treasury and
members of the Omaha City Council. They also visited a farm,
Boys Town, and a race tract.
A three-day U.S.-Soviet seminar was held at Keystone Resort
in Colorado where the Soviets discussed U.S. -Soviet relations,
Salt II and youth in society with twelve American counterparts.
They also had the opportunity to meet the Lt. Governor of Colo-
rado as well as the Colorado House and Senate.
During their stay in New York City, they had the opportunity
to meet with United Nations officials, including Secretary General
Waldheim, members of the United Nations Association, the New
York City Council and staff of NBC News. In both D.C. and New
York, they enjoyed private dinners with American families.
U.S./U.S.S.R.
Summary of Exchanges
Page four
Soviet Deputies to the U.S.
December 12-24, 1978
The ACYPL hosted a delegation of ten members from the
U.S.S.R. which included Republic Deputies as a return exchange
for the delegation of U.S. State Legislators who visited the
Soviet Union on November. The schedule included visits to
Washington, D.C., Raleigh, North Carolina, Atlantic City,
New Jersey and New York City.
In Washington, D.C., the delegation met with officials
of the Department of State, staff members of the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee ; the National Republican
Congressional Committee and the Republican National Committee;
had a briefing by the Deputy Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee; and met with representatives of Brookings
Institute and the National Strategy Information Center. Also
on the schedule were a Washington "Bullets" basketball game,
a tour of the White House, and a visit to Arlington National
Cemetary.
A seminar with eight U.S. State Legislators was held
in Raleigh, North Carolina. The topics discussed were the
comparative role and functions of U.S. and Soviet legislators
and current U.S. - Soviet relations. The delegation also
met with North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., members
of the local press and toured Borroughs-Welcome Corporation
and Liggitt-Meyers Tobacco Corporation.
In New Jersey, the delegation met with local and state
officials, toured Lenox China manufacturing plant and met
with officials of Resorts International.
Meetings with the Under-Secretary General of the United
Nations for Special Political Affairs, members of the Foreign
Policy Association and officials of NBC News were highlights
of the stay in New York City. The delegation also had an
opportunity to visit the Metropolitan Museum and to see the
musical "Dancin" on Broadway.
U.S./U.S.S.R.
Summary of Exchanges
Page five
State Legislators to the U.S.S.R.
November 21 - December 3, 1978
Eight State Legislators and one escort spent 12 days
in the Soviet Union following two days of briefing at NATO
Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The group was hosted
by the Committee of Youth Organizations of the U.S.S.R.
Cities on the schedule included Moscow, Leningrad
and Baku. The delegation met with officials of the
Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Culture and Justice; mem-
bers of the Supreme Soviet; staff of the U.S.-Canada Insti-
tute; members of the Komsomol and the Mayor and City Council
of Baku.
A two-day seminar was held in Baku with Soviet parti-
cipants to discuss U.S.-Soviet relations and the specialized
topics of legislative bodies in the two countries.
Among the cultural activities were the Kirov Ballet and
a tour of the Hermitage in Leningrad.
ACYPL Delegation to the USSR
June 15-July 5, 1978
An ACYPL delegation of 12 members visited the Soviet Union
in June, 1978, continuing our active exchange relationship with
the Committee of Youth Organizations (CYO) of the USSR. The
program began in Moscow with briefings at the US Embassy, after
which there were meetings at the Institute of US-Canadian Studies
and the Institute of African Studies.
The second stop for the delegation was in Sochi, a resort
city on the Black Sea. After touring the city and local govern-
mental facilities, the delegation met with the Executive Committee
of the City Council and representatives of the Ministry of Health.
After Sochi, the American delegates flew to Leningrad, where they
conducted discussions with the Executive Committee of the City
Council, the Regional Council of the Party, and the regional
Committee of the Komsomol. In addition, time was alloted to sight-
seeing, shopping, and, a performance at the Kirov Ballet.
The group then traveled to Yurmala, near Riga on the Baltic
Sea, for a three day seminar with an equal number of their counter-
parts from the Soviet Union. The seminar discussion topics were:
US-Soviet relations including trade, cultural and technological
exchanges; the role of youth in politics and society, and detente
and prospects for disarmament. These discussions were sometimes
quite lations spirited reflecting perhaps the state of the US-Soviet re-
U.S./U.S.S.R
Summary of Programs
Page six
ACYPL Delegation to the USSR
June 15-July 5, 1978 (continued)
While in Latvia, the group met with officials of the Latvian
Supreme Soviet and youth leaders, and also had the unusual oppor-
tunity to sit in on a trial at the Latvian Ministry of Justice.
From Latvia, the delegation proceeded to Kiev, capitol of
the Ukraine, for two days of meetings and touring, before con-
tinuing on to Moscow. There the group visited Lenin's Tomb,
Red Square, and other monuments, and had a series of meetings
with CYO officials, headed by Andre Phillipov, on future exchanges.
On their last day in the Soviet Union, the delegation attended
a July 4 reception at the home of U.S. Ambassador Malcolm Toon
prior to the traditional farewell banquet with their Soviet hosts
and seminar participants. The delegation returned to the US on
July 5 and held a wrap-up session at the International Communica-
tion Agency the next morning before returning to their respective
homes.
Soviet Study Tour of the US
May 16 - 30, 1978
In May, 1978, twelve young Soviet leaders visited the US
as part of the ongoing exchange program between the ACYPL and
the Committee of Youth Organizations (CYO). Upon arriving in
Washington, D.C., the delegation attended an informal recep-
tion with the ACYPL staff and previous ACYPL delegates to the
Soviet Union.
In the next several days, the Soviet delegation partici-
pated in a series of meetings and discussions concentrating
on American Government and politics in Washington, D.C. They
had briefings at the Department of State, the American Enter-
prise Institute, and the Democratic National Committee, as
well as meetings with Senator Henry Bellmon (R-Oklahoma), the
Executive Directors of the National Republican and Democratic
Congressional and Senatorial Campaign Committees, leaders of
the Young Democrats and Young Republicans and with political
analyst Alan Baron. They also met with Soviet officials at
their Embassy, toured the US Capitol and several museums and
spent a relaxing day abroad the Maryland Lady on the Chesa-
peake Bay.
U.S./U.S.S.R.
Summary of Programs
Page seven
Soviet Study Tour of the US
May 16 - 30, 1978 (continued)
The delegation next visited New York City where they met
with Carol Bellamy, President of the City Council, toured the
American Stock Exchange and had discussions with students from
the Ralph Bunche Institute of City University of New York on
comparative Soviet-American politics and culture. In addition,
they attended meetings at and toured the United Nations. The
free time provided opportunities for sightseeing, shopping and
cultural activities.
From New York City. the group traveled to Phoenix, Arizona.
The program in Phoenix centered around a three day seminar held
with the Soviet delegation and an equal number of American dele-
gates. The topics were Soviet-American relations, including
trade, economics, technical and cultural exchanges, and detente;
the East-West dialogue, including arms limitation, disarmament,
MBFR, and detente; and the role of youth in society, specifically
regarding education, work, leisure time, and the political sys-
tem.
Also while in Phoenix, the delegation met with various state
political officials including State Treasurer Bart Fleming, Acting
Governor Bruce Babbitt and took an airplane tour of the Grand
Canyon.
The delegation returned to Moscow via Washington, D.C. where
they spent their final day in meetings with Soviet Embassy officials
and representatives of the ACYPL.
Members of the ACYPL Board of Trustees to the Soviet Union
November 25-December 6, 1977
A delegation of 6 members of the Board of Trustees travelled to
the Soviet Union in late November to discuss future ACYPL exchanges
with leaders of the Communist Youth Organization. They spent a day
in Copenhagen enroute for a discussion of Danish politics with the
Deputy Chief of Mission there and arrived in Moscow for a welcoming
reception and dinner. Topics of discussion during the following days
included: review of the past ACYPL/CYO exchange programs, analysis
of program objectives and proposals for future programs. The delegation
also met with the Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Korenyenko; Mr.
Alexandrov, Chairman of Brezhnev's office; Mr. Pomoromenov of the
Foreign Affairs Division of the CCP; Anatoly Gromyko of the Academy
of Sciences; and Mr. Arbatov, Head of the USA-Canada Insitute. One
of the evenings was spent at the Bolshoi.
The group travelled to Leningrad where they visited many historic
sites and had a meeting at the United States Consulate. They then
returned to Moscow for individual formal meetings with officials at
the Ministries of Culture and Trade.
U.S./U.S.S.R.
Summary of Exchanges
Page eight
Americans to the Soviet Union
June 10-26, 1977
As part of the ongoing ACYPL-Committee of Youth Organizations
exchange program, a delegation of 12 young American political
leaders visited the Soviet Union from June 10-26, 1977. After
two days in Moscow, during which the delegates attended a dinner
hosted by the CYO, and toured the Kremlin, the group departed for
Kiev, the capital of the Ukraine. They met with the Komsomol Central
Committee of the Ukraine, toured the city, visited the Institute
of Civil Aviation Engineers, and met with members of the Supreme
Court of the Ukraine. Other items of note on the program in Kiev
were a visit to the Ministry of Agriculture and a tour of "Bortnichi"
State Farm.
The group then traveled to Alma-Ata in the Kazakh Republic for
a five-day seminar on U.S.-Soviet Relations with an equal number
of their counterparts from the Soviet Union. During the seminar
discussion topics included: U.S.-Soviet Relations; the Role of
Youth; and Disarmament: Prospects and Perspectives.
Following the seminar, the group departed for Moscow and were
received by the Institute of U.S. and Canada Studies. They met
and talked with Mr. Georgi A. Arbatov, Director of the Institute.
Their visit to Moscow concluded with a farewell reception and lunch
at the American Embassy, and an evening reception hosted by the
Committee of Youth Organizations.
Soviet Study Tour of the U.S.
May 5-17, 1977
Twelve young Soviet leaders visited the United States in May,
1977, as part of the ACYPL-Committee of Youth Organizations ongoing
exchange program. Upon arrival in Washington, the delegation
attended an informal reception and dinner on their behalf with
Board of Trustees members and former ACYPL delegates to the Soviet
Union. The study tour for the visiting Soviets began in Arkansas,
where they visited the State Capitol and met with state leaders
for discussions on various political and government topics. While
in Arkansas, they met with the Governor, and had the opportunity
to study various aspects of computerized farming, genetic research,
and other recent developments in agricutural technology. Their
host during this part of the study tour was Mr. Winthrop P. Rockefeller,
owner and General Manager of Winrock Farms.
Following their stay in Arkansas, the delegates went to Hilton
Head Island, South Carolina to meet with their young American
counterparts for a five-day seminar. Topics of the seminar were:
Soviet-U.S. Relations; Youth and Political Parties; and Culture,
Education, and Exchanges.
U.S./U.S.S.R.
Summary of Exchanges
Page nine
Soviet Study Tour of the U.S.
May 5-17, 1977 (continued)
The delegates then spent several days in Washington, D.C.
where they participated in a series of meetings and discussions
concentrating on American government and politics. They met with
several U.S. Senators and Congressmen, including Tom Foley (D-WA),
Jim Guy Tucker (D-AR), John Rhodes (R-AZ), Harrison Schmitt (R-NM),
and Ted Stevens (R-AK). After meeting with both Democratic and
Republican leaders (including Mary Crisp, Vice Chairman of the
Republican National Committee), the delegates were well-informed
of the U.S. legislative two-party system. A tour of the White
House and the Capitol were also included in the Washington
program. Before returning to Moscow, the delegation visited
New York City, where the focus was on international organizations
and the role of the U.S. and the Soviet Union in world affairs.
Meetings with faculty and graduate students of the City University
of New York, and a tour of Wall Street and the American Stock
Exchange, as well as a visit to the United Nations, concluded the
tour.
U.S.S.R. TO U.S.
May 11 - 26, 1976
From May 11. through 26, 1976, eleven young leaders from
the Soviet Union visited the United States as part of the ACYPL-
CYO exchange program. Their study tour began in Washington with
several meetings and discussions on political and governmental
subjects. The delegation spent 3 days in New York City where
they visited the United Nations and American Stock Exchange.
Their trip also included a stay in Kentucky, where they visited
the University of Kentucky, the Rockwell Standard Axle Plant,
and campaign headquarters of presidential candidates President
Ford, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. The delegates also par-
ticipated in a five-day seminar in Hilton Head, S.C. with twelve
young American leaders. Topics of discussion included: Soviet-
American Relations (The Role of the Media; Disarmament, Trade,
and Economic Relations) and Youth and Society (Youth in the POTT
tical Structure; Youth and Education).
U.S./U.S.S.R
Summary of Exchanges
Page ten
U.S. to U.S.S.R.
November 3 - 20, 1976
A delegation of twelve young Americans went to the Soviet
Union for a study tour from November 3-20, 1976, as part of
the ongoing exchange program between the ACYPL and the Committee
of Youth Organizations of the USSR. In Moscow, the delegates
watched the Red Square parade celebrating the Great October
Revolution of 1917 and met with members of their host group.
Following several days in Moscow, the delegates went to Riga,
Latvia, where they met with members of the Latvian Komsomol
Central Committee and the Latvian Supreme Soviet. In addition,
they visited the Supreme Court, Latvian State University, a school
and various industries in the area. In Leningrad, the delegation
met for discussion with the regional Komsomol Committee and then
proceeded to Odessa where they participated in a five-day seminar
on U.S. - Soviet relations. Subjects of the conference included
disarmament, cultural exchange, and detente. While in Odessa,
the delegates also met with local workers, the Archbishop for
Odessa, and young seminarians. The delegation also spent time
at a collective farm and a pioneer camp.
U.S. Journalists to the U.S.S.R.
November 4 - 20, 1975
In November, a delegation of 23 young American journalists
toured the Soviet Union. They left on November 4, and their
schedule, which overlapped for one week with that of the
politicians, included a visit to Siberia. They travelled
to Leningrad, Pravda, Bratsh, Lukhachev and Moscow where
they did extensive sightseeing. They met USSR
Supreme Soviet, and a Regional Komsomol. They also parti-
cipated in meetings with journalists of newspapers, radio
and television at "Soviet Youth" Editorial board and in a
meeting with journalists of Leningrad papers. They returned
on November 22.