American visitors to USSR

[Cole M. Crittenden]

Princeton's own Charles Townsend was a host at the American National Exhibit in Moscow in 1959, where the famous Kitchen Debate occurred.  During his stays in Russia he also managed to visit an aunt who, supportive of the Communist cause, had emigrated from the U.S. to the U.S.S.R.  Someone should induce him and others with similarly interesting stories to write them down - an anthology of American views of the U.S.S.R. from the inside would be well received, if the discussion here is any indication.  Also worth mentioning is a film by a young filmmaker that was shown here at Princeton a year or two ago.  It is a documentary about blacks in Russia today, most of whom are the children of black Americans who emigrated to the U.S.S.R. in search of social equality.  Can't remember the title of the movie - maybe someone else knows?

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