Students’ Visit to Soviet Union
While children and young students of the Soviet Union express their hope for peace and good relations with the United States, and particularly their hope for the elimination of nuclear threats, young students of Beverly Hills seem to be living in a different world, one of immaturity, ignorance and cultural insensitivity, to say the least.
It was quite disheartening to read your report (Times, April 24) on the visit of Beverly Hills high school students to the Soviet Union. Instead of appreciating that opportunity to try to build friendship with their Soviet counterparts, they were busy smuggling magazines, T-shirts, and selling them illegally, and playing spies and adventurers--the kind of junk they watch on TV.
It is a shame that there was barely any good thing they could say about the friendly people who warmly received them in their country, and who look to these cultural exchanges between the two countries as very important in achieving peace for all.
JACK E. WILLIAMS
Fresno
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