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Unwilling to go that far, Bush seemed to be hoping that Gorbachev would keep him from having to face the issue. Last month Bush sent Gorbachev a letter underlining his expectation that the Soviet leader would not resort to force in Lithuania. Shevardnadze brought a lengthy return letter from Gorbachev, but it turned out to be a missive about arms control...
...Soviet Minister's visit also began amid a flurry of mixed signals about Lithuania. On his arrival Tuesday, Shevardnadze asserted that his government's "main weapon" for resolving any issue is "honest dialogue." His claims were buttressed in Moscow, where Lithuanian leaders had gone to seek a meeting with Gorbachev, a sign that the ongoing Soviet pressure campaign was bearing fruit. The Soviet leader refused to see the delegation but sent Aleksandr Yakovlev, a close ally and member of his presidential council. By Thursday, however, Soviet troops had moved into the chief prosecutor's office in the Lithuanian capital. They...
...power base from the party to the newly formed presidency. "He cannot simply turn up at these meetings," said a Soviet spokesman. "He has to prepare for them." Administration officials admitted that the earlier summit allows Gorbachev to send a strong signal, as one put it, "that Lithuania isn't going to stand in the way of better relations...
...York's shameless Senator disrupted delicate diplomacy by unsuccessfully trying to enter Lithuania without a Soviet visa. Was the Baltic ballet staged to make folks forget that he's mired in influence-peddling scandals...
...ready response: Estonian law. Displeased, Gorbachev called the decision "improper" and summoned the Estonian President to Moscow immediately to explain himself. When Ruutel declined, the Soviet leader turned tough. If the declaration was not rescinded, Gorbachev warned, Moscow would impose the same "regimen" there as in rebellious Lithuania. Ruutel replied that Estonians understood the consequences of their actions...