Word: sovietism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...address, Carter outlined a plan including increased military preparedness and economic aid in the Caribbean to offset Soviet activity in Cuba...
Ulam added the specific steps Carter outlined to counter-balance Soviet presence are merely "cosmetic measures...
...Soviet leader Leonid I. Brezhnev's assurance that the 3000 Soviet troops in Cuba would not be converted from a training unit into a combat force was a "modest, but nonetheless important achievement" for Carter, Dominguez said...
Huntington agreed, saying that he believed the Soviet Union "would not renege" on its guarantee...
Ulam said the assurance is "of very little value." He added, "we really can't do anything about" the Soviet presence in Cuba...