Kremlin Crackdown in Lithuania
The U.S. denounces the Soviet Union for dispatching troops to the Baltics as provocative and counterproductive.
Gorbachev chose the time. The crisis in the Persian Gulf offers the best possible moment to suppress the drive for independence.
President Bush signed $1 billion in economic aid to Soviet Union. Now is the time to stop this aid.
Catastrophic food shortage in the Soviet Union without U.S. aid will be the best weapon to stop aggression on the Baltic states.
VYTAUTAS SESTOKAS, Los Angeles
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