Carroll Bogert

The Soviet Union is holding a divisive referendum on national unity "It's union or chaos," trumpeted Pravda last week as a March 17 referendum on Soviet confederation drew near. "It's life or decay," the chairman of the Soviet Peace Fund warned on television. "We cannot tolerate the collapse of our country," said Ivan Polozkov, head of the Russian Communist Party.

On 3/17/91 at 7:00 PM EST

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