Speech on U.S.-Soviet relations, given at Pacific University

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A speech by U.S. Congressman Les AuCoin on relations between the Soviet Union and the United States, given at Pacific University on February 19, 1986. In his speech, Congressman AuCoin advocated for normalized U.S.-Soviet relations and nuclear arms control admist the Cold War. He also described the Soviet way of life in depth, using statistics for comparison to the United States. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).