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Citizen Exchange Council Collected Records
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Held at: Swarthmore College Peace Collection [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore 19081-1399
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Overview and metadata sections
Hostages for Peace, founded in 1962, was later renamed the Citizen Exchange Corps. It promoted international understanding through private citizen visits to the Soviet Union. After 1980, the year the Soviet-Afghanistan hostilities began, the Corps became dormant until 1985 when it was renamed the Citizen Exchange Council.
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Subject
- Exchange of persons programs, American -- Soviet Union -- History -- Sources
- Exchange of persons programs, Soviet -- United States -- History -- Sources
Place
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- Swarthmore College Peace Collection
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