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Human rights--Soviet Union

 Topic
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

AFL-CIO International Affairs Department, European Office, Paul Barton papers

 Collection 0553-LBR
Abstract

Paul Barton was a European Representative for the AFL-CIO, who served in the Paris Office during the Cold War. He worked for the AFL-CIO International Affairs Department from 1968-1994. His records represent the AFL-CIO’s international relationship with European countries from the 1960s to the 1990s. Materials include his personal writings, published manuscripts, and transcripts of radio broadcasts. Notable topics are the Prague Spring, and labor and Communism in Eastern Europe.

Dates: 1919-1992; Majority of material found within 1950-1971

Western Europe, 1971-1976

 Series 3
Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence, agendas, newspaper clippings, reports, statements, periodicals, interviews, and speeches. The records date from 1971-1976, but most fall within the period 1972-1976. Topics include human rights in the Soviet Union; Finnish icebreakers; French/interinternational relations; the French Department of Defense's National Institute of Armament; Force Ouviere (FO) opposition to the Confederaton Generale du Travail (CGT) [France]; East German/West German...
Dates: 1971-1976