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...around to see it through, give each republic a choice: autonomy in a confederation or, after a transitional period, a separate state. That is probably the best he can offer the Lithuanians. It is also probably the most they can get from him, or from any Kremlin leader. By sticking to their unilateral declaration of independence, they risk everything, not just for themselves but for the more cool-headed Estonians, whose adroit step-by-step approach toward the same goal has a far greater chance of success...
...each day passed last week, it became more apparent that Gorbachev was not going to take no for an answer from the Lithuanians. After a string of ultimatums from the Kremlin had been ignored or rejected, Gorbachev got tough...
...question of who has sovereignty over this land. Does it belong to the people of Lithuania or to some other state?" As for the decree ordering the surrender of firearms, Landsbergis replied, "It can be enforced only through brutal, armed force . . . The ghost of Stalinism is walking in the Kremlin, and the shadow of it lies far to the west" -- over Lithuania...
...Baltic republics present a special dilemma for Gorbachev, since they enjoyed independence between the two World Wars, before being consigned to Moscow by the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939 -- an accord the Kremlin has belatedly admitted was unjust. Thus, Lithuania, as well as Estonia and Latvia, claims it has been occupied by the U.S.S.R. for the past 50 years. Gorbachev's saber rattling aside, there is every indication he believes the three republics have the right to secede, though only after Moscow has agreed to the terms of the separation. He reiterated the point last week at a meeting with...
...Soviet investment during the past five decades, the republic is prepared to submit a bill of its own for compensation for the 300,000 citizens that the Lithuanians claim were killed, imprisoned or exiled as the Soviets took control of their homeland and for economic mismanagement by the Kremlin. An equally contentious issue is what to do about the 50,000 Lithuanian soldiers currently in the Soviet armed forces, now that the Supreme Council has passed a law abolishing compulsory military service...