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From: tedrick@ernie.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
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Subject: Re: Re: the Monolithic Communist Conspir
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Date: Wed, 27-Nov-85 16:11:34 EST
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>Tim asked a legitimate question: why did
>the Soviet Union allow Austria its independence.  

I had the pleasure of visiting Austria last April.
It is quite a pleasant place to be.

I heard that the reason Austria was given its independence
was that Kruschev wanted to demonstrate his good intentions.
One thing that seems to have been ignored is that Kruschev
was rather liberal by Soviet standards.