Word: sovietizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Soviet Union opened their arms control talks in Helsinki last week, there was an unaccustomed outpouring of bonhomie. In a unique display of diplomatic cordiality, the Soviet and U.S. ambassadors in the Finnish capital issued joint invitations, printed in Russian and English, to a cocktail party for Finnish leaders and the two delegations to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT). In the unlikely surroundings of Helsinki's Kaivohuone restaurant, which usually echoes to the beat of restrained rock and the coo of unescorted birds at the bar, U.S. Chief Delegate Gerard Smith and his Soviet counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister...
...amid the smiles there were also secrecy and latent suspicion. To the dismay of the 220 foreign correspondents who had come to Helsinki for the opening of the most important disarmament talks in history, the U.S. delegation accepted a Soviet proposal that there should be a complete ban on news announcements and background briefings. As Semyonov explained to newsmen at the cocktail party: "This is a time to see and a time to hear, but it is also a time to be silent with the press...
...speaking order at the talks was determined by the toss of a coin-an American quarter. The Soviets called tails and won the right to speak first. The U.S. became the home team and held the first session in its embassy; the second, two days later, took place in the Soviet embassy. The sessions were marked by an encouraging absence of polemics and posturing. Each side seemed earnest and genuinely eager to get down to the essentials of the difficult and long bargaining that was bound to precede an arms agreement. Unlike most international conferences that meet amid splendor...
...period, world military spending rose an average 5.9% a year, but for the past three years it has shot up by 8.9%. The U.S. outlay has jumped from an average annual rise of 7.7% to 12%. Last year the U.S. spent $79.6 billion for military purposes, followed by the Soviet Union with $39.8 billion. Together the two countries account for some 70% of the world's military spending...
Because of the continuing Soviet naval buildup in the Mediterranean, the U.S. feels that it has no choice but to foster good relations with the regime that controls an important base in the area. Even so, the action will come as a blow to those Greeks who feel that only the U.S. can deliver them from their oppressive situation. It will, of course, be a major boost for the colonels, who all along have sought to give the Greek public the impression that the U.S. approves of their regime...