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Both sides could also read political meaning into the games. The Warsaw Pact exercise was held in Czechoslovakia, which was invaded by the Soviets in 1968; if anyone had any doubts, Shield '72 made the point that the Soviets were prepared to do the same again if a satellite got out of line. NATO'S exercise could reassure the Norwegians that they can vote in favor of joining the Common Market during their referendum this month, despite the disapproval of the Soviet Union, whose navy is beginning to dominate the sea approaches to Norway. Or, read another...
Solzhenitsyn castigates the West as well as the Soviet Union for the untrammeled violence that he sees "brazenly and victoriously striding across the whole world." He cites the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, "when tanks flooded the streets of a foreign capital with blood" and "hijackings, kidnappings, explosions and conflagrations" in the West as actions by the forces of evil "that are determined to convulse and destroy civilization." He warns: "And they may well succeed...
...each nation trooped its colors to dance-band music, which included When the Saints Go Marching In for the U.S. and Song for Natasha, in salute to the Soviet Union. The U.S. contingent was led by Discus Thrower Olga Connolly, 39, the mother of four, who defected from Czechoslovakia in 1956 to marry U.S. Olympian Hammer Thrower Harold Connolly. In a tradition set by the 1908 U.S. Olympic team, she did not dip the American flag before the grandstand* and matched strength with the men of a number of other countries by holding the flag staff...
...knew neither the exact reasons for the Soviets' seemingly amiable departure nor whether the event had been totally played out. Had the Russians merely decided that Egypt was not worth the large numbers of men being poured into that country? Was it possible that, as in Hungary or Czechoslovakia, they were pulling back to return in vengeful fury? Would they have been so amiable before the Moscow summit talks with President Nixon? On the other hand, was Sadat attempting what one European observer called "the Maltese fake"? Tiny Malta last winter tossed out British forces in a show...
Supporters of Alexander Dubcek's ill-fated 1968 attempt to give "socialism a human face" in Czechoslovakia are being punished in such numbers that even Western Communists have begun to protest. Last week in the seventh known trial since July 17, former Czech Communist Party College Rector Milan Hübl, 45, and two other men were accused of distributing "provocative printed matter" in order to weaken "the socialist system in the state." That is, they had passed out pamphlets during Czechoslovakia's elections last fall, informing voters of their constitutional right to cross out names...