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The most promising avenues for anchoring the east-central Europeans into the West and for stabilizing their democratic institutions is their participation in Western political and economic organizations. East-central European membership in the (European Community) at the earliest opportunity, and expanded NATO liaison …..

The U.S. could also consider extending to the east-central European states security commitments analogous to those we have extended to Persian Gulf states.

In the immediate aftermath of the break-up of the USSR, the United States government, under George Bush, developed a policy of military intervention in Eastern Europe, and reversed long-standing policy on nuclear pre-emption. This is why we are where we are with Russia.

These are not words of "Russian propaganda" or of partisan spin -- these are the words of the official government, leaked from the 1992 Defense Planning Guidance .