Word: agreements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Party leader and Mikhail Gorbachev and his advisers, the Soviet President made clear that his own internal situation demanded a repudiation of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. If Jakes, 67, did not want to be undercut by the Soviet move, he would have to act -- and act soon. An agreement between Moscow and Prague was struck. Come October, Jakes would convene a Central Committee meeting and expel all Politburo members tainted by the 1968 invasion -- except himself. After appointing a new team of his own choosing, Jakes would then rehabilitate the 460,000 Communist Party members he had personally ordered...
There was only one problem: Jakes reneged on his agreement with Gorbachev. That extraordinary double cross began the unraveling of Jakes's two-year rule. Through a variety of sources, TIME has pieced together an account of the final days of the repressive Jakes regime. It is not a sympathetic tale; in the end, Jakes had only his own poor judgment, panic and stubbornness to blame...
Jansen and opposition sources earlier yesterday said the talks would be complicated and cautioned against expecting agreement on a new government too soon...
...Institute of Politics forum, Rep. Stephen Solarz (D-NY) said any peace agreement that gave the Khmer Rouge a share of power would only lead to further bloodshed...
What holds this lengthy and often incoherent collection of dramas together is a series of winning performances from actors who believe so strongly in what they are saying that we can't help nodding our heads in agreement, even when individual lines and actions are incomprehensible...