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Jimmy Carter: The decision by Soviet authorities to deprive Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov of his honors and to send him into exile…

On the recordJanuary 22, 1980
The decision by Soviet authorities to deprive Nobel laureate Andrei Sakharov of his honors and to send him into exile arouses worldwide indignation.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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Nobel Laureate Andrei Sakharov White House Statement

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