Word: soviet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...used not against Israel but against Libya. In July 1977, Egypt launched sharp raids against Libya in a border dispute.] If the Americans seek to change the balance [of power in the region] in a way that is threatening to Libya, we will be forced to seek Soviet assistance to counter that threat. When reactionary regimes threaten us, we will resist...
...Soviet and Cuban involvement in Africa. If there are countries that use Russian and Cuban military aid, then they are forced to do so in order to counter American aggression. We don't see that as Soviet military interference...
...last week when Nyerere received a note from Gaddafi demanding an end to the invasion and the withdrawal of all Tanzanian troops. Incensed, Nyerere ordered his troops to march into Kampala. They reached the capital's suburbs in two days, after laying down a barrage of 122-mm Soviet artillery that was inaccurate but noisily effective. Amin's forces seemed to melt away under the African...
Meanwhile, Hanoi for the first time allowed three Soviet warships-a cruiser, a frigate and a minesweeper-to use the American-built naval facilities at Cam Ranh Bay. Soviet ships have also made port calls at Danang, and Vietnamese troops are being flown around the country in Soviet aircraft. Concerned about the fragility of the ceasefire, one Hanoi-based Western diplomat glumly predicts: "I rate the chance of a further round of fighting rather high and very soon...
British and U.S. officials professed to see no danger that Malta would fall under the influence of a competing foreign power like the U.S.S.R. Some Italian strategic experts, however, feared that the island might be a tempting refueling base for Soviet submarines or even a handy Mediterranean flattop for Soviet planes...