The Word Is Freedom

Toward the end of our conversation, Vladimir Bukovsky was asked if he thought NBC should be televising the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

“Why not?” he answered. In fact, he might just enter the Games himself by proxy. “When I was in Holland not too long ago,” he explained, “a woman who had been sympathetic to me for many, many years presented me with a jumping horse. The horse had the same name that I have —Vladimir Bukovsky—because it was born on the date of my last trial. I intend to send this jumping horse to Moscow’s Olympic Games in my place. What I’d like to know is whether they will allow this horse bearing my name to enter the Soviet Union. For me, this is a Trojan Horse.”

JR

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Toward the end of our conversation, Vladimir Bukovsky was asked if he thought NBC should be televising the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

“Why not?” he answered. In fact, he might just enter the Games himself by proxy. “When I was in Holland not too long ago,” he explained, “a woman who had been sympathetic to me for many, many years presented me with a jumping horse. The horse had the same name that I have —Vladimir Bukovsky—because it was born on the date of my last trial. I intend to send this jumping horse to Moscow’s Olympic Games in my place. What I’d like to know is whether they will allow this horse bearing my name to enter the Soviet Union. For me, this is a Trojan Horse.”