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Letter from Christian B. Anfinsen to Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584571X63

Dates

  • Creation: 4 March 1983

Extent

1 pages

Creator

Description

In this letter to the Chairman of the KGB, Anfinsen wrote to urge the release of Soviet mathematician Valery Senderov, who was arrested after he criticized the Soviet government for discriminating against Jewish applicants to mathematics departments in the USSR.

Language of Materials

English

Original Profiles System Identifier

KKBBDZ

Physical Description

Physical Condition - Good

Photocopy Only

Collecting Area Details

Part of the Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections Collecting Area

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