71.   On regaining independence after five decades of Soviet occupation, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia made NATO membership a top priority.

72.   Similar sentiments are felt in the other Baltic states, where some had initially welcomed the Nazis as liberators from the brutal Soviet occupation.

73.   Schmidt and four other relatives who made similar confessions during the Soviet occupation of Austria died in Soviet custody.

74.   Similarly, radiation weapons could be used to paralyze industries in Western Europe in the event of a Soviet occupation.

75.   The Baltics are bitter over a half a century of Soviet occupation, while Russia opposes their moves to join NATO.

76.   The Baltics, which remember half a century of Soviet occupation, fear alleged Russian imperial ambitions and want to join NATO, to which Moscow is vehemently opposed.

77.   The fighters are reputed to have learned their tactics during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

78.   The family castle was burned within a few weeks of the Soviet occupation and the estate lands were expropriated by the East German Communists without compensation.

79.   The officials believed the missiles were originally supplied by the United States to the mujaheddin guerrillas who were fighting Soviet occupation forces in Afghanistan several years ago.

80.   The officials believed the missiles were originally supplied by the United States to the mujahedeen guerrillas who were fighting Soviet occupation forces in Afghanistan several years ago.