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From: michiel@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (Michiel Fierst van Wijnandsbergen)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Soviet Access to Usenet
Message-ID: <293@ssp18.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Date: 3 Dec 88 08:57:38 GMT
References: <7649@well.UUCP> <8081@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <17651@gatech.edu> <8114@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <268@lloyd.camex.uucp>
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In article <268@lloyd.camex.uucp: kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg) writes:
:
:There seems to be agreement that the Soviets would not gain anything
:new if they had a USENET feed, only that it might save them time and
:money.
:
Correct. Let's make sure that we can also gain by having them provide
information to us too.

:Pointer: If you _really_ want to undermine the Soviet system,
:introduce something as uncontrollable and anarchic as USENET.  We
:shouldn't be fighting to _prevent_ a USENET feed, we should be
:fighting to _install_ one (unless we are afraid the Soviets might get
:suspicious and prevent it themselves, in which case some of use should
:argue against it to make it more acceptable to them--Mr. Denner: Glad
:to know you are on my side, keep up the good work).
:
I really liked this one... This is a very serious and valid argument in
the whole discussion :-)

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