ABSTRACT
The Soviet Union has three kinds of allies. The first are governments it has installed in contiguous nations, and now supports through armed occupation. The second are Marxist-Leninist countries overseas. Some of these, such as Cuba and Vietnam, are ruled by regimes that came to power on their own terms, and largely by their own exertion; others, such as the ruling cliques in Angola and Ethiopia, have always depended on the support of Soviet bloc troops. Finally, there are "radical" but non-Leninist leaders in the poor world: included in this category would be Hafez Assad, Muammar Qaddafi, and Yasir Arafat. Soviet control in Eastern Europe is decisive, but it is also subject to a number of limitations. The Soviets' relationship with Eastern Europe depends upon rewards as well as tanks. The peoples of Eastern Europe were somewhat sensitive to comfort when they came under Soviet rule.
