Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ncar!umigw!umbio!ibiza!aem From: aem@ibiza.Miami.Edu (a.e.mossberg) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: No UUCP to Soviet Union yet... Message-ID: <1407@umbio.MIAMI.EDU> Date: 14 Feb 89 19:17:12 GMT References: <10686@well.UUCP> Sender: netnews@umbio.MIAMI.EDU Reply-To: aem@Mthvax.Miami.Edu (a.e.mossberg) Organization: University of Miami Hertz Lab, Coral Gables, FL Lines: 28 In <10686@well.UUCP>, wrote: > Ok people, Apparently there seems to be a big mis-understanding >here about Soviet access to UseNet or UUCP. And I want to interject >whats really going on. First off, for all intents and >purposes, UUCP into the USSR doesn't really officially exist, although >the technical means probably exists. First off, the US State department >of Commerce and probably a ton of OTHER USA agencys must first approve a >UUCP link. Not only must the US Government give approval, but ALSO the >Soviet Government. Why would the US have *anything* to say about a uucp link to SU? Especially when it would probably not be from the US at all. In any case, the SU is directly dialable, so just do it. Nothing on USENET is secret. > 89% are in favor of including the Soviets on Usenet in SOME restricted > way. > 9% are NOT in favor of including the Soviets at all. > 2% are RADICALLY OPPOSED like Daniel Harter and one other I cannot > remember right away. I support full unrestricted access for the SU of a full USENET feed. And I would encourage them to actively participate and to provide feeds to other Eastern European and Asian countries. aem a.e.mossberg aem@mthvax.miami.edu MIAVAX::AEM (Span) aem@umiami.BITNET (soon) Nixon to Reagan: Just destroy all the tapes.