Word: pullback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...specify what conditions would be set for such a withdrawal, but a year ago President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced the start of a pullback that he said would result in a pullback that he said would cut Soviet military forces...
...preclude new and improved threats. Detente in the East will allow Moscow to cut some of its 45 divisions stationed along the Chinese border. That's good, but not if it relieves pressure on the Kremlin to reduce troops in Eastern Europe. For Cambodia, the relaxation has accelerated the pullback of Soviet-supported Vietnamese soldiers. That's good, but not if it eases the return to influence of the Chinese-backed Khmer Rouge...
...Soviet pullback from the capital began about three weeks ago, even as Yuli Vorontsov, the Soviet Ambassador to Afghanistan and a Deputy Foreign Minister, threatened that Moscow would halt the withdrawal if the mujahedin leadership did not accept some participation by Najibullah's People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (P.D.P.A.) in a shura, or council of leaders, that would choose a new government. The mujahedin, smelling a bluff, would not budge, and the pullout from Kabul continued...
While the Warsaw Pact would maintain a solid numerical advantage in combat planes (8,250 vs. 3,977 for NATO), the West's fighters and assault aircraft are considered better at providing support for ground troops. The Soviet pullback of roughly 10% of the Warsaw Pact's European-theater aircraft, while not large, would signal a shift toward a defensive stance. The cut in artillery would be a hefty 20% slash in existing Warsaw Pact firepower along the central front. But the total cut is less significant; the Soviet bloc could still field some 34,900 artillery pieces, mortars...
...regional peace accord for southern Africa, which was mediated by the U.S., is expected to require the Cubans to depart within 24 months, possibly starting with a partial pullback behind the 13th parallel. During that time, South Africa will gradually remove its troops from Namibia and permit implementation of the ten-year-old U.N. Resolution 435 calling for the territory's independence. The accord is expected to be signed by the U.S., South Africa, Angola and Cuba at a ceremony in Brazzaville. Though a hopeful start, the accord leaves Angola's underlying dispute unresolved: the tribal conflict that pits some...