Word: sovietizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...list of an "Advisory Board--on Soviet Bloc Studies," including the late Allen Dulles, who retired as CIA director during the Kennedy Administration. Richard E. Pipes, professor of History and director of the Russian Research Center, said he knows of no Harvard facility for "Soviet bloc studies" at the present time or of such an advisory board...
...happy hockey fan carried a poster that read BREZHNEV 3, DUBČEK 4. The crowd chanted, "We've beaten you this time!" Someone shouted, "The Russian coach will go to Siberia!" Suddenly a brick smashed through the plate-glass display window at the office of Aeroflot, the Soviet airline. A small group dashed through the opening and began heaving furniture and filing cabinets onto a bonfire in the street. To make matters worse, the dem- onstrations were not confined to Wenceslas Square. Across the country, groups of Czechoslovaks stoned Soviet barracks and set fire to Russian military vehicles...
...impatient at the refusal of the Czechoslovak government to curb entirely its people's liberty, decided that the time had come to crack down. Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Semenov flew to Prague with orders to stamp out Czechoslovak defiance. A more ominous visitor was Marshal Andrei Grechko, the Soviet Defense Minister, whose presence in Prague underscored Soviet readiness to use force if necessary to keep Czechoslovakia in line. At a meeting in Prague's historic Hradčany Castle, the Soviet visitors demanded a pledge from the Czechoslovak government that there would be no recurrence of anti-Soviet...
...Ambassadors Charles Yost of the U.S., Armand Bérard of France, Yakov Malik of the Soviet Union, and Lord Caradon of Britain gathered around the polished mahogany dining table in Bérard's Park Avenue flat...
...Soviet Plea. There are important differences. The Soviets support the Arab demand that Israel pull back to its pre-war borders. The U.S. contends that Israel must be allowed to keep border areas that make Israel more secure. The Soviets back the Arabs in their refusal to sign a joint peace pact with Israel. The U.S. agrees with Israel that a lasting settlement is possible only if all parties sign a single document. The Soviets, for their part, make much of Arab pride. Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Dobrynin reportedly said: "Remember, my government is dealing with the losers...