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...EUROPE. The Soviet retaliation against Czechoslovakia stirred the recumbent North Atlantic Treaty Organization out of its torpor, and Nixon aims to see that it stays alert. Because the Soviets "have brought half again as many troops into Eastern Europe as they had there before, and placed them farther forward than ever," said Nixon in mid-October, NATO forces should be brought up to prescribed force levels "as a minimum response." Nixon also emphasizes the need for "a new attitude on the part of the U.S.," one that leads to an improvement of communication with the NATO allies. In particular...
...SOVIET UNION. In the long run, the quality of U.S. life-and the durability of world peace-depends on Nixon's relations with Moscow. Czechoslovakia knocked several key spans out of the bridge-building efforts to the Soviet Union. Nixon has indicated that he is wary of sitting down with the Russians with that episode so fresh in memory. But unless he gets down to serious talks on arms control, the danger exists that the two nations will embark on a race to build anti-ballistic-missile systems that will siphon off tens of billions of dollars from urgently...
...Russian invaders have almost succeeded in "normalizing" Czechoslovakia to their satisfaction. Last week one of the few remaining and most popular of Alexander Duběek's reforms vanished when the government announced sweeping new controls on foreign travel. From now on, Czechoslovaks are prohibited from taking trips to the West "not conforming with state interests." So confident have the Russians become that they returned sovereignty over the country's airspace to the Czechoslovaks themselves. This means that Czechoslovak pilots will no longer need to obtain air clearance from Soviet officials for every flight. Moreover, Moscow summoned home...
Abroad, the prospect of improved relations with the Soviet Union, a goal that seemed within reach in the mid '60s, has been set back by the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. As a new Administration prepares to take power, Americans are questioning for the first time in a generation their basic role in the world community. Though the signs of plenty abound throughout the Western world, the chronic international money crisis threatens to produce political as well as fiscal instability for millions (see THE WORLD...
...Claiborne Pell in Moscow and delivered a serious lecture on the dangers of either superpower attempting to jump ahead of the other in military strength. Both, he urged, should press on with negotiations for limiting anti-ballistic missiles and should seek ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Now that Czechoslovakia is safely in hand, it seems that the Kremlin is finding it easier to be prudent...