52386B. THE EFFECT OF HISTORICAL/CULTURAL MEMORY ON SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS. This is a carefully detailed study of the evolution of Russian and American foreign policy. It argues that Russian foreign policy was not radically transformed by the Communist Revolution of 1917, but maintained fundamental drives from the Russian past. The continuity of U.S. policy in the pre and post-Communist eras is likewise evaluated. Pleads for a relaxation of the tensions between the two countries. 55 pages, 134 footnotes, 18 bibliographic sources.