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- <text id=89TT1577>
- <title>
- June 19, 1989: World Notes:East-West
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- June 19, 1989 Revolt Against Communism
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- WORLD, Page 41
- World Notes
- EAST-WEST
- Innocent Until Proved Guilty
- </hdr><body>
- <p> The cold war will thaw a few more degrees this week when
- Admiral William Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
- arrives in Moscow to sign a new accord designed to prevent such
- tragedies as the 1983 downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007
- after it intruded into Soviet airspace. All 269 passengers and
- crew members were killed in that mishap. The key provision in
- the 19-page pact, titled "The Prevention of Dangerous Military
- Activities," is that incidents, including border incursions,
- that might lead to a showdown should be handled "by peaceful
- means without resort to the threat or use of force." Trespassers
- will be "regarded as innocent until proved guilty." Until now,
- the Soviet military regarded any intruder as hostile until
- proved otherwise.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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