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...time the Soviet Minister departed, it was clear that the fate of the tiny Baltic republic, which unilaterally declared its independence from Moscow, though big enough to be a stumbling block in the rush toward better relations, was still too small, for now, to be a decisive obstacle. "We have an awful lot at stake in the U.S.-Soviet relationship," Bush said after meeting with the Soviet Minister for 2 hours and 20 minutes on Friday. "An enormous amount at stake...
...York's shameless Senator disrupted delicate diplomacy by unsuccessfully trying to enter Lithuania without a Soviet visa. Was the Baltic ballet staged to make folks forget that he's mired in influence-peddling scandals...
...gambled that for them, at least, the answer was no. Gorbachev has replied that for him and for now, the red line is the border of the U.S.S.R. as it has existed since the end of World War II. Yet at the same time, he has acknowledged that the Baltic peoples are entitled to independence. Therein lies the nub both of the crisis and a possible solution...
Gorbachev's preoccupation with the secessionists is understandable. "As Lithuania goes, so goes the nation," observed a senior White House official. The volatile standoff between Moscow and Vilnius came just as radical ( nationalists won a majority of seats in the local legislatures of the other two Baltic republics, Estonia and Latvia. Gorbachev's angry words had some effect: Estonian Communist Party leaders last week said the republic should negotiate its secession with Moscow, while the parliament of independence- minded Georgia postponed elections until the fall...
...Baltic republics present a special dilemma for Gorbachev, since they enjoyed independence between the two World Wars, before being consigned to Moscow by the Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939 -- an accord the Kremlin has belatedly admitted was unjust. Thus, Lithuania, as well as Estonia and Latvia, claims it has been occupied by the U.S.S.R. for the past 50 years. Gorbachev's saber rattling aside, there is every indication he believes the three republics have the right to secede, though only after Moscow has agreed to the terms of the separation. He reiterated the point last week at a meeting with...