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NYT Sanders Article 'a Distortion of History' [View all]
Letter to the Editor from The New York Times' opinion section:
“Papers Detail Soviet Hopes for Sanders” (front page, March 6) is a distortion of history. The truth is that Bernie Sanders, then the mayor of Burlington, Vt., opened a sister-city relationship with Yaroslavl in 1988 with the encouragement and strong support of the United States government.
The visit was not used as propaganda by the Soviet Union. I know because I was U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R. at the time and gave strong official support to Mayor Sanders’s effort, along with those of other American mayors, to establish ties with cities in the Soviet Union.
The visit was not used as propaganda by the Soviet Union. I know because I was U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R. at the time and gave strong official support to Mayor Sanders’s effort, along with those of other American mayors, to establish ties with cities in the Soviet Union.
In fact, the contacts played an important role in opening up Soviet society and facilitating Mr. Gorbachev’s reforms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/opinion/letters/bernie-sanders-soviet-union.html?fbclid=IwAR3q7bXhDid3gnNQpJEqg3tPOZBD9VyKNvWhNwEAxnxs2GN0Ah_HvK31fe8
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