ABSTRACT
A foremost proponent of Soviet position was the Swedish Psychiatric Association. The decision taken by the American Psychiatric Association in June 1982 was the clearest confirmation that an expulsion movement had gathered momentum during the first half of the year. Prior to passing the resolution for expulsion the Norwegians had adopted a cautious position vis-a-vis their Soviet colleagues. The actual trauma of expulsion, with the attendant international publicity, would stand a chance of inducing reforms in the post-Vienna period, as the Soviet aim would probably be to seek readmittance to the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) at a later stage. Vianna’s initiative faded from the picture when the Soviet Society opted to take it over and negotiate directly with the WPA Secretariat. On 8 January 1983 Morozov and an associate arrived in Vienna and had several meetings with Peter Berner and Prof. P. Pichot.
