Visits for Western dignitaries to inspect military installations and modern armaments, exchanges between senior students at military academies and candid accounts of the shortcomings of Soviet armed forces in Afghanistan all convey an impression of unprecedented openness, seemingly incompatible with hostile intent or threatening capabilities.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: US-Soviet Relations

Visits for Western dignitaries to inspect military installations and modern armaments, exchanges between senior students at military academies and candid accounts of the shortcomings of Soviet armed forces in Afghanistan -- all convey an impression of unprecedented openness, seemingly incompatible with hostile intent or threatening capabilities.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: US-Soviet Relations