They are insecure not because the greatest threat is some military force beyond their borders. The greatest threat to the Soviet leadership is the Andrei Sakharovs within their own borders. It is the threat of the exercise of fundamental human liberties. it is the threat of differing opinions. and the threat posed by the freedom to emigrate. The plight of the Sakharovs has exposed the true nature of the Soviet system for the entire world to see. It is a system based upon tenets so vulnerable that the Soviet leadership cannot stand the test of debate from their own people.
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