"The rise of Eastern Europe--the band from the Baltic nations all the way down to the Balkans--has been the major story of the last five years, " he says.

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It calls upon the Bush Administration to ensure that any assistance provided to the Soviet Union is structured in such a way as to strengthen those in the Baltic states, the Russian republic, and indeed at republic and local levels throughout the USSR who are pressing for genuine democratic pluralism and free enterprise.

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In other countries, such as Poland and the Baltic states, it looked different: one occupation gave way to another.

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