Conditions were so hard. To send the news out, telex was the only means, but telex was very rare in Africa. So if somebody was flying to Europe, we gave him correspondence to send after he arrived.

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Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would...

Amin knew that neither West nor East would criticize him for fear that he would...

There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian...

There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian...

In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any...

In modern Russia, you have no official, formal assessment of this past. Nobody in any...

We have such a mixture now, such a fusion of different genres.

We have such a mixture now, such a fusion of different genres.

Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a...

Most correspondents came from the former colonial powers - there were British, French, and a...

The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and...

The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and...

The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose...

The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose...

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

Be careful: they have arms, and no alternatives.

In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

When man meets an obstacle he can't destroy, he destroys himself.

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

Our salvation is in striving to achieve what we know we'll never achieve.

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like...

My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like...

Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the...

Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the...

I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I...

I remember that during the period leading up to independence in Angola in 1975, I...

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had...

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had...

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is...

The extent of one man's guilt may be defined by how much of it is...

I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing.

I'm trying to put more elements of the essay into my writing.

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it...

In the Russian experience, although the Russian state is oppressive, it is their state, it...

People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of...

People were really interested in what was going on because of the international context of...

The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and...

The official independence celebration was going to be held over four or five days, and...