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| Title | The United States and the Soviet Union: Prospects for the Relationship : a Staff Report Volume 98, Issue 60 of S. prt, United States Congress |
| Contributor | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 |
| Length | 37 pages |
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