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...Poland nor in Kampuchea could these dramatic reversals have been made without the sponsorship of Gorbachev. They follow a string of precedents set by the Soviet Union: its first contested elections in 71 years; withdrawal from Afghanistan; constructive mediation in southern Africa; offers of significant cuts in the Warsaw Pact's conventional-force structure in Europe; and even, despite reports of an unwelcome sale of jet bombers to Libya, suggestions of a generally more helpful approach to the Middle East...
...former presidential advisor said that the Soviets have begun cutting expenditures on conventional weapons, where Warsaw Pact forces outnumber NATO's in some arms categories by three...
...succeed if it involves all our European countries, and of course the United States and Canada. But we think we should proceed from the realities existing in the world: the existence of both the European Economic Community and [its East Bloc counterpart] Comecon, of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact...
...even in these nations, cowed populations are beginning to waken to the possibility of change. Just over a year ago, the worst riots in the history of the regime broke out in Brasov, Rumania. And beginning last August, Czechs have taken to the streets to protest the 1968 Warsaw Pact invasion and the continuing Soviet military presence in their country...
...operate under the delusion that Communism works, have been given a historic chance to pursue, within undefined limits, their own reform policies. But if Gorbachev is willing to countenance some degree of free play country by country, he seems unlikely to permit any to opt out of the Warsaw Pact...