ttle, sheep and horses from Poland. After a week they send it back and banned all imports of meat, livestock and vegetables. In Britain Members of London Festival Ballet canceled theSoviet Union tour which would be the first one in twenty five years.Besides that a wide concern spread through all about milk and water. In West Germany, citizens were urged to keep children inside and stay out of the rain which carried radiation. 8 In Minsk all were advised to stay inside, shut the windows and wash often. As well not to eat leafy vegetables, not eat too much meat and also stay out of the rain. Iodine pills were distributed among all. Radiation spread as far as Ottawa, Canada where radiation was six times as much as normal rates. With the worry of citizens all shipment of fruit from Europe was stopped. Even in upstate New York radiation was found and many went out to buy iodine tablets. With all the radiation killing andinjuring people Soviet Union successfully covered up the truth from all the citizens and reporters for a long time. "People were clueless" my own mom said "We carried on life as usual, looking back now I realize now, that the government didn't give a dam about the people, otherwise they would have stopped pretending to be such a perfect country and fess up" she added. Indeed the Soviet government held back the truth and left it's people wander the streets of death. Only after violent protests from Sweden and some Western countries did Soviet Union admitted that the disaster occurred. However they told such limited information that awful rumors began to spread. Some saidthat more than 2,000 people died and were bulldozed into large graves. 10 Most Soviet citizens were disappointed in the president, because Gorbachev promised that once he became president all secrecy was to end. However when Gorbachev was asked to tell more, the Kremlin shut it's doors and acted same as they did many years ago. It wasn't bad enough that th...
