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...need to confront the past at the 40th anniversary of V-E Day in 1985, Kohl celebrated German-American friendship with Ronald Reagan at Bitburg over the graves of SS soldiers. In light of Kohl's view of history, this incident and others--such as his comparison of Gorbachev to Hitler's propaganda minister--cannot be excused as isolated judgment errors...
Much as the U.S. and its allies would like to see an independent Lithuania, that goal runs a poor second to their desire to remain on friendly terms with Gorbachev. If Lithuania provokes a blast of East-West acrimony, notes a senior British diplomat, "it could plunge us back into the cold war." The process of arms reduction would probably halt, and perhaps reverse. The democratization of Eastern Europe would be imperiled, as would prospects for a smooth unification of the Germanys. A return to superpower tensions would also bolster the influence of conservatives in Moscow and undercut Gorbachev...
...Bush Administration is under no pressure from the American people to get tough. In a TIME/CNN poll, 65% of the respondents said Lithuania's status was "none of our business." A majority (53%) felt Bush should meet with Gorbachev in May even if Moscow uses military force in Lithuania...
...Western powers share Moscow's pique at the way Vilnius raced single-mindedly toward independence. Says Ilya Prizel, professor of Soviet studies at Johns Hopkins University: "They dove into the swimming pool without seeing if it held any water." That fancy dive was especially unfortunate given the fact that Gorbachev has made clear that the republic has the right to leave the U.S.S.R. as long as it follows the terms of a new secession law passed last month. Considering the West's reluctance to risk so much for the sake of showing solidarity with a determined Vilnius, Lithuanian officials...
...Down with Gorbachev!" some 10,000 protesters shouted within earshot of the Kremlin. "Down with the KGB!" The demonstrators had gathered to support criminal investigators Telman Gdlyan and Nikolai Ivanov. The two became popular heroes last year after publicly accusing Politburo conservative Yegor Ligachev of corruption; both were elected to parliament last spring. But now they are accused of illegally detaining witnesses and forcing confessions in a six-year probe of a multimillion-ruble scandal involving racketeering and influence peddling in Uzbekistan, which nailed the son-in-law of the late Communist Party boss Leonid Brezhnev, among others...