Were American Officials Allowed To Travel Around The USSR?

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In 1964, William O. Douglas, a member of the U.S. Supreme Court, requested permission to visit Lake Baikal. The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) denied his request, deeming it 'inappropriate under current conditions.' This response caused widespread concern, and eventually, the USSR granted the American judge permission for an ordinary tourist trip, without a photographer, with a visit to selected cities in Siberia. The permission was granted with the caveat that Americans do not deny Soviet citizens such trips, and that Douglas himself, 'being among the liberal figures, has not made any recent unfriendly statements towards the USSR.'

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