Word: czechoslovakias
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...that a third world war is most likely to begin in that region, but political touts say that Eastern Europe is the horse to watch. The Soviets simply do not have the resources to woo Latin American and African countries and at the same time keep their grip on Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary and East Germany. Britain, whose imperial eye took in much of the world a hundred years ago, now struggles with a crippled economy -- a chastening lesson here. Daunting to think that by the time you receive this, the geometry of wealth and power will have expanded to several...
...power being the party. But, like all colonialisms, it cannot be perfect. The sun never sets on the Kremlin's empire, but things do grow in the shade: an autonomous church in Poland, small free enterprise in Hungary, even an oft-repressed "jazz section" of the musicians union in Czechoslovakia. Of course, some regimes are more total than others. For every Hungary there is a Rumania, where typewriters must be registered with the police. For every Poland, a North Korea, where the leader's cult of personality makes Stalin look retiring...
...that chilly era, and it signaled what Hu called a "new phase" in relations between the two countries. It came less than a month after a more modest working visit by Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski of Poland. Next year could produce new state visits from two more East bloc leaders, Czechoslovakia's Gustav Husak and Hungary's Janos Kadar...
Talk of an agreement on medium-range missiles has raised questions about Soviet deployments of shorter-range weapons in Czechoslovakia and East Germany. Some NATO allies, particularly West Germany, are urging that these missiles be included in the Reagan-Gorbachev talks. U.S. officials are concerned that negotiations on Soviet short-range missiles might lead to a demand for removal of U.S. nuclear- armed aircraft in Europe that are capable of striking the Soviet Union...
...Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, the Soviet Union saw political instability on its border and the danger of unfriendly regimes coming to power. So Moscow, thumbing its nose at world opinion, moved in with tanks and paratroopers. In the other cases, there was either an act or an accusation of spying. The Soviets are preoccupied with espionage in a way that is difficult for Americans to understand. As custodians of a closed and paranoid political system, they are obsessed with protecting their own secrets and finding out those of their enemies...