Word: crackdowns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...political gap between Western Europe and the U.S. over the Polish crisis exists, all right. But now it is measured in yards rather than miles." So said one French diplomat last week, and, indeed, the distance between Washington and its NATO allies on a joint response to the crackdown in Poland had seemingly narrowed. Meeting in Brussels, the foreign ministers of the ten-member European Community issued a statement promising that the group would avoid actions that might undercut the sanctions imposed by Washington against Moscow two weeks ago. Then, at a summit meeting with President Reagan that had promised...
Administration officials denied reports that the decision was part of an effort to demonstrate American resolve in the wake of the military crackdown in Poland...
Finally, if Reagan's initial actions appeared too ineffectual to many, others believed that his verbal responses to the crackdown suitably combined righteous anger with hints of flexibility and a new sense of pragmatism about the realities of foreign policy. For example, in an NBC television interview last week, Reagan emphasized that his actions were not meant to encourage the Poles to "start manning the barricades." Added Reagan: "Talk of that kind led the Hungarians years ago to take to the streets with little more than sticks and stones against Soviet tanks. We didn't want a repeat...
...Poland into a Western-style democracy. As things now stand, the Pope simply hopes that Poland can evolve into a kind of Yugoslav-style Communist state. Some diplomats in the Vatican believe Jaruzelski has the makings of a Tito. The Vatican's strategy thus is to approach the crackdown as an internal Polish matter, and to seek to avoid making it an international crisis...
...Believe international situation, particularly crackdown in Poland was main reason for decision...