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From 1967 to 1969 Reed lived in Rome, acting in television commercials and [[Spaghetti Western]] movies such as ''[[Adiós, Sabata]]'' (1970).<ref name=harner/> He toured [[Central Europe|Central]] and Eastern Europe, including the [[Soviet Union]], where he was immensely popular.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.german-way.com/notable-people/featured-bios/dean-reed/|website=www.german-way.com|access-date=2019-09-19|title=Dean Reed – the Red Elvis – the German Way & More}}</ref>
In 1970, a week prior to the election of Chilean president [[Salvador Allende]], he was arrested for washing a U.S. flag in front of Santiago's U.S. consulate. [[Pablo Neruda]] helped him to get out of jail.<ref name=harner/> In 1971, he re-entered Chile only to be arrested again for 21 days. His wife filed for divorce at that point.<ref name=harner/>
Also in 1971, Reed wrote an "open letter" to [[Alexander Solzhenitsyn]], criticizing him for having slandered the USSR.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dean-reed.ru/l_solzhenitsyn-e.html|title=Letter to Solzhenitsyn|date=1971|website=Dean-reed.ru}}</ref>
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