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...NATO allies could try to stem a Soviet conventional attack on Europe by the use of tactical nuclear weapons, Reagan did say, "Our strategy remains one of flexible response: maintaining an assured military capability to deter the use of force, conventional or nuclear, by the Warsaw Pact, at the lowest possible level." Reagan went on to say: "In a nuclear war, all mankind would lose." And he warned the Soviets that "no aggressor should believe that the use of nuclear weapons in Europe could reasonably be limited to Europe...
...military man raised unsettling questions. Did it signal an imminent use of force? Did Jaruzelski's elevation mean the end of Kania's policy of seeking a peaceful accommodation with Solidarity? Was the Soviet-trained officer chosen to lay the groundwork for an eventual Soviet-Warsaw Pact military intervention...
...workers were well aware, said Walesa, that any attempt to wrest political control from the Communists or withdraw from the Warsaw Pact could bring on a Soviet invasion, "so we're not about to violate those principles." But even if the Soviets did invade, he added, they could not force the Poles to work: "Someone can make me do something with a pistol to my head, but I can destroy ten other things when they are not looking." The stocky union leader also revealed his secret for holding up under the pressures of his position: "Life is so hard...
...export policies can also lead to procurement problems at home. Overseas sales of the F-16 will slow deliveries to the U.S. Air Force and NATO, the Pentagon concedes. Soviet sales of the new T-72 battle tank to the Third World have delayed its deployment within the Warsaw Pact...
...yacht-just a 12-ft. canoe, the Truluv. His stereo rig would be spurned by the average twelve-year-old. The Corum $20-gold-piece watch he sports is a ten-year-old gift from friends. A couple of years ago, he and Nancy made a pact for a mutual Christmas gift, a power log splitter...