FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MANHATTAN COLLEGE HOSTS LECTURE THAT EXAMINES THE SOVIET-UNITED STATES SUMMITRY OF THE 1970s

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Dr. Andrey M. Vavilov, senior researcher at the Diplomatic Academy in Moscow, will speak at Manhattan College Wednesday, April 6 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rodriguez Room (Miguel 311) on campus. Dr. Vavilov will present the lecture, “Missing Records: Nixon in the U.S.S.R,” which will take the audience on a journey through the Soviet-United States negotiations of the 1970s.

Dr. Vavilov served as the official interpreter and note-taker for Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev and other Soviet leaders in their encounters with Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Jimmy Carter, as well as with Henry Kissinger and other foreign statesmen. He also is a consultant to the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Dr. Vavilov, who graduated from the Moscow Institute of International Relations and holds a doctorate in history, writes on arms control and sustainable development issues and has contributed to several books on these topics.

After entering the Russian Foreign Service, Dr. Vavilov served in diplomatic posts in Delhi, London, Geneva and Nairobi. His major interests continue to be United Nations affairs and multilateral negotiations on arms control, security and the environment. For several years, Dr. Vavilov served as head of external relations for the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development. He has received numerous government decorations including the Meritorious Service Award from the Russian president.

For more information about this talk, please contact Dr. Pamela Chasek at (718) 862-7248. If you are a member of the press and wish to cover this event, please contact Melanie A. Farmer at (718) 862-7232. Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line and accessible by MTA subway lines 1 and 9.

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