VCF9117 Federal Government: Cooperation with USSR Scale

QUESTION:
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1980:  
Some people feel it is important for us to try very hard to get along 
with Russia. Others feel it is a big mistake to try too hard to get 
along with Russia.
1984,1988:  
Some people feel it is important for us to try to cooperate more with 
Russia, while others believe we should be much tougher in our dealings 
with Russia.
ALL YEARS:  
Where would you place what the Federal Government is doing at the 
present time? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Try to cooperate more with Russia (1984,1988)/
     Important to try very hard to get along with 
     Russia (1980)
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.   Get much tougher with Russia (1984,1988)/Big
     Mistake to try too hard to get along with Russia

MISSING_CODES:
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8.   DK
9.   NA; no Post IW
0.   R self-rating was DK/"haven't thought much about it"
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
In all years, if R replied DK or "haven't thought much about it" in
rating self on this same 7-point scale, then R was not asked this
question.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1980:  801091 
1984:  840413 
1988:  880372