The World - News from Oct. 19, 1988
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Soviet conventional forces remain poised for swift attack, with no sign of a winding down or switching to defensive positions despite talk of change since Mikhail S. Gorbachev took office, the International Institute for Strategic Studies reported in its annual survey. In the past year, the numerical superiority of the Warsaw Pact’s conventional forces over NATO troops has, if anything, increased, the survey said.
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