This may shed light on Soviet views of such zones.

The trouble, as he pointed out in 1991, was that "our analysts had internalized a Soviet view of the world."

"You are very clearly seeing an evolution in Soviet views," a senior Administration official said.

In the end, however, the American and Soviet view prevailed.

The official Soviet view has always been that they are merely capitalist baubles.

Soviet views over Korea were not easy to assess.

The official Soviet view was that he had been a steady military commander of great wisdom.

Yet at the same time, it has challenged central features of the Soviet view.

The 'populist' ideology they developed was, in the Soviet view, utopian.

The essence of the Soviet view is that they have a perfect right to do this.