1. The late 1988 tragedy of the murderous earthquake in Armenia does not appear to have significantly subdued these feelings or changed the violent behavior, at least so far
2. Conversations with Mr. Michael Springer, who visited the Soviet Union in 1987 and hosted Soviet friends in Washington, DC in the fall of 1988. The principal non-profit groups he describes are promoting Western tourism in the Altai Mountains in southwestern Siberia.
3. The bold changes occurring in the Soviet Union are one example of a growing recognition in a number of socialist countries that market-oriented solutions to problems of resource allocation are highly advantageous. In some ways, the Soviet experiments appear to be much less bold than the changes being undertaken by the Chinese