%0 PDF %T A Policy Perspective on Dissent and Repression in the Soviet Union %A Lynch, Allen %8 2005-06-20 %I Tufts Archival Research Center %R http://localhost/files/7w62fk84q %X Volume 7, Issue 2. Summer In this commentary, Allen Lynch examines the process of dissent and repression in the Soviet Union from the point of view of American foreign policy. He argues that American human rights policy is doomed to failure as long as it continues to emphasize support for the politically insignificant Soviet dissident intelligentsia. In order to achieve true progress in alleviating Soviet repression, the author argues, the United States must work through organizations considered legitimate by the Soviet government. He concludes that the best way to do this is through a policy of detente. %[ 2018-10-04 %9 Text %~ Tufts Digital Library %W Institution