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From: lanin@csd2.UUCP (Vladimir Lanin)
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Subject: Re: Man made virus?
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Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 22:09:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 14 22:09:00 1986
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> Is the AIDS virus man-made?

To which I previously responded

> It is not just a rumor, but a claim made by Soviet government newspapers
> that the CIA did it.

I am *not* saying that I believe the Soviets.
(I am sure they are lying as always.)

In posting this, I was trying to show the kind of libel that is used
by the Soviets to stir up hate for America.
In the U.S.S.R., Pravda is analogous to The New York Times,
not the National Enquirer.
For the vast majority of the Soviet population, it IS the truth.
Reading and believing that someone created and spread a fatal disease is
horrifying, not entertaining.

Vladimir Lanin
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