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Roberts and Ms. Neumann were living in Ashkrabad, capital of the Central Asian republic of Turkmenia, before their return to Moscow several weeks...
...NATO ally Turkey. Muslim militants declare a holy war on the godless Marxists and take to the hills. An embattled government in Tehran appeals to Moscow for help, and the Soviet Union accuses NATO of interfering in Iran's internal affairs. Authorities in Soviet Azerbaijan and Turkmenia stress their ethnic ties with the Iranians. Finally, in come the Soviet transports, loaded with soldiers and equipment. Given the Carter Administration's declared determination to resist such a move with force, history might well repeat itself-to reverse Marx's famous aphorism-not as farce, but as tragedy...
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