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unprecedented predicament. After decades of virtually absolute security beneath the American nuclear umbrella, the members of this alliance will soon be inferior to the Warsaw Pact in many crucial areas of military power. NATO will have to find the will and the resources to limit the duration of this perilous inferiority, or risk being defeated from its own underbelly, the source of its raw materials. Free of bullying and insensitivity, Washington must inspire, urge and cajole other NATO nations to make the decisions that will be neither straightforward nor easy...
Institute for Strategic Studies in London. The Soviets have 31 divisions in the western Soviet Union, 19 in East Germany, five in Czechoslovakia, two in Poland; they could also draw on troops affiliated with other Warsaw Pact nations. One Western observer estimates the Soviets "could be within effective control of large portions of the country within 24 hours after deciding to invade...
...Poland, the official army newspaper attacked Solidarity for three straight days. The newspaper, Zolnierz Wolnosci, lamented Poland's "lack of order," and underlined its strategic importance as a transportation and communications bridge between the Soviet Union and East Germany, the Warsaw Pact's western flank. Cautioned the paper: "Closing one's eyes to the imperialistic plans would mean suicide." In a tough speech on Saturday, Kania himself declared menacingly that his government had "enough justification and strength to curb the action of open foes of socialism...
...subdue Poland, the Soviets would need at least 35 divisions, according to military planners in Washington. Such a force could be mustered without seriously weakening the Warsaw Pact's western flank, since the Soviets have 30 divisions near their own border with Poland, another 19 in East Germany, Poland's eastern neighbor, and five in Czechoslovakia to the south...
...price if it believed that Poland was about to become an example to the world of Communism's failures. Not only is Poland the largest Soviet satellite, it is strategically crucial, Unking the Soviet Union with East Germany, the front line of Warsaw Pact defenses...