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...Moscow-promulgated legislation affecting Estonian territory. Another vote made state property the possession of Estonia rather than the Soviet Union. Yet another called for a new "treaty of the union" with Moscow based on "principles of parity." Never was the word independence mentioned, but the delegates made clear that Tallinn wanted a radically different relationship with Moscow. Declared Estonian Communist Party Leader Vaino Valjas: "The future of the country is in the hands...
Gorbachev's remarks contrasted with comments he had made just before the extraordinary session in Tallinn. During a speech at the southwestern agricultural center of Oryol, he acknowledged that his policies of glasnost had "brought to light a lot of problems . . . in interethnic relations." But Gorbachev declared, "We decisively condemn attempts at artificial aggravation of these questions, at advancing ultimatum demands...
...adjustments in state boundaries. Estonian concern focuses on a bloc of 750 legislators in the 2,250-member Congress who are to be elected by pan-Soviet organizations, such as artists' unions, veterans groups or the Communist Youth League, rather than by voters in local constituencies. Legal experts in Tallinn contend that the parliamentary reorganization will dilute the influence of the individual republics in national affairs. They specifically fear that the innovations will give those Soviet citizens who belong to national organizations the equivalent of a second vote...
...tensions in Tallinn reflect frustrations that have accumulated over nearly 50 years, following Moscow's 1940 annexation of the territory. Since then, Moscow's policies have whittled down the Estonian-controlled sector of the economy to 13% and living standards have eroded. Everything from the cost of movie tickets to bread recipes for bakeries is determined in Moscow, a condition that the Popular Front's Koik condemns as "colonialism, not economic management...
...Lebanon." Nonetheless, the tension in Estonia is accompanied by exhilaration over the fact that vital issues are finally being aired. Many Estonians take the optimistic view that as long as there is no upheaval in the streets, the Kremlin will not call the republic to account. Says a Tallinn intellectual: "We are a legal-minded people and are prepared to examine everything in terms of the standards of international justice. That is an approach that Moscow officials will find difficult to oppose." After all, Gorbachev has often called for a Soviet state governed by law. He can hardly fault...