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GrannysKnitting's avatar

there was still the red panic going on back then, at least vestigally, so prolly not

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Darth Trad's avatar

In actual fact the USSR floated the idea of joining NATO. And this is not BS. In the 1950s it was suggested at the highest levels of the Soviet hierarchy that they actually make an offer to the West to do so. I'd guess that the logic was to counter the UK/USA influence over Europe.

If they'd gone ahead - the would have made Ukraine join NATO at that point!

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