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Fabrication of the Big Lie reached ludicrous levels in Vilnius three days after the massacre at the television center. A Soviet camera crew interviewed the major who led the attack. Identifying himself only as Vitali Ilyich -- omitting his last name -- he claimed that no one had been killed. "We shot people?" he said. "You must be fooling yourself." When asked by Western journalists about the 10 scarred bodies that had been displayed in public, he shrugged and replied, "It is hard...
...June. Three were released on legal technicalities, but six have been handed over to West German authorities, and one is in an East German prison. At a press conference in East Berlin, Interior Minister Peter-Michael Diestel confirmed that well- known terrorists like the notorious Carlos (real name: Ilyich Ramirez Sanchez) and Abu Daoud, a leader of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September, were frequent visitors to East Germany under the ousted regime of Erich Honecker...
...late November 1989, American intelligence reported that the Soviet freighter Vladimir Ilyich, bound for Nicaragua, had loaded a cargo of four Mi- 17 Hip helicopters at Port Leningrad. The 38 Hips previously shipped to the Sandinistas had been used to devastating effect in the war against the contra rebels. It now looked as if Managua would get more. In neighboring El Salvador, meanwhile, Marxist guerrillas had launched their strongest offensive in years, managing to trap twelve American Green Berets in a luxury hotel. President Bush responded by dispatching a contingent of Delta Force commandos. U.S. intervention seemed a distinct possibility...
...Washington, the freighter's turnaround was proof that eight months of intensive and mostly secret Soviet-American diplomacy was paying off, an important signal that a tortured and bumpy attempt to end the conflict in Central America was back on track. The drama didn't end with the Vladimir Ilyich's recall. A good deal of hard bargaining between Washington and Moscow ensued. But when Nicaragua finally held its first free election in February, and the Sandinistas peacefully transferred power to the opposition that had defeated them, the superpowers had reason to celebrate. They had shown they could work together...
Within days, the Vladimir Ilyich, with its cargo of Soviet helicopters, was called home to Leningrad. Shortly thereafter, Moscow denied a Sandinista request for emergency funds. "They wanted money to put consumer goods in the stores, so they could portray the economic situation as improving and attract voter support," says Pavlov. "We didn't think it was a good investment...