Sadly. this has proven to be an erroneous assumption. The West recognized that the concessions it was making on international borders would be used by the Soviet Union to legitimize and solidify its claim to a sphere of influence that would ber sacrosanct and that would be tantamount to recognition of Soviet domination of the people and the nations of Eastern Europe. We recognized this fact and yet we proceeded because many people felt that the human rights language calling for free emigration. open borders. freedom of religion. and freedom of information flow were even more important than a tacit endorsement of the current politicalrsituation in*Eastern Europe. Now. 10 years later. it is perfectly clear to even the most ardent advocate of detente that the Soviet Union and its puppets in Poland. East Germany.
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