Poland
Sir,—There is absolutely no comparison between the Italians’ aggression against Abyssinia in 1935 and the Soviet Union’s fraternal aid to its Afghan ally in December, 1979. The first case was a classic case of imperialist aggression; the latter is one where a small country called on its larger ally by virtue of a treaty signed between them on December 5, 1978, to deal precisely with such a contingency that arose in Aghanistan in December, 1979 — external aggression from Pakistan by the overthrown ruling feudal classes, trying to reimpose their rule, aided and abetted by the United States and China. How does Mark Sadler (March 10) propose to transform his essentially aggressive interference in Afghanistan’s internal affairs into a “limited defensive war”? Dubcek was deposed by his party comrades. Czechoslovakia’s Communist Government was never deposed, thanks to the fraternal aid of the Soviet Army.— Yours, etc., M. CREEL. March 10, 1982.
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