JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The highest-ranking Soviet official to defect to the United States collapsed during a speech and was reported in fair condition Thursday at a hospital.
Arkady N. Shevchenko, who was undersecretary general at the United Nations for the Soviet Union from 1973 to 1978, was taken to St. Vincent's Medical Center after becoming ill Wednesday night during a talk at the Florida Community College here.
