The election eye...Church scores points on Soviet troop issue Item Info
- Title:
- The election eye...Church scores points on Soviet troop issue
- Creator:
- Plastino, Ben
- Date Created (ISO Standard):
- 1979-09-09
- Description:
- A newspaper article discussing: Senator Frank Church (D-Idaho) recently revealed that 2,300 to 3,000 Soviet combat troops are stationed in Cuba, a disclosure that sparked political controversy and made headlines nationwide. Critics, including Rep. George Hansen (R-Idaho) and Rep. Steve Symms (R-Idaho), suggested that Church's timing was politically motivated to bolster his re-election bid. Church, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, used the revelation to call for hearings and pressure the U.S. government to demand the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Cuba, a move that strengthened his stance against Soviet influence in the Western Hemisphere.
- Subjects:
- combat soviet (nationality or culture) troops
- Politicians:
- Frank Church Steve Symms
- Source:
- Ben J. Plastino Papers, 1947-1998, MG 632, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
- Source Identifier:
- mg632-f01_005
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Language:
- eng
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "The election eye...Church scores points on Soviet troop issue", Ben J. Plastino Papers Collection, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/plastino/items/plastino0048.html
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