Existing comment:
"This will help break down stereotypes, build friendships, and, frankly provide an alternative to propaganda."
-- Ronald Reagan, November 21, 1985
Cultural Exchange:
After the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, President Carter ceased nearly all exchanges of scientists, academics, artists and students between the US and the USSR. Early in the Reagan administration, American and Soviet officials began exploring the restoration of these important contacts. At the Geneva Summit, Mikhail Gorbachev embraced the idea of renewed cultural exchanges, giving rise to an unprecedented level of interaction between the two superpowers. |