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Erickson said he is the only West erner ever to have been given access to the Soviet Military Archives. In his lecture at the MSC, spon sored by the Strategic Defense League, Erickson said that the his tory of the war must be studied so Gorbachev can see what united the people and the nation and why the system didn’t collapse. “Whatever Stalin did to the Rus sians — the Germans did much mo re,” Erickson said. Erickson said the Russians in the war knew they were in a race for sur vival. "This is the key point," he said. "It began to dawn on tnem (Soviets) that this wasn’t a war. “This was a race with time. If they didn’t win, they were going to simply disappear.” He attributes much of the Soviet Union’s survivability to what he calls the three S’s: signals, steam and sup- ply. Erickson said that signals rep resent the Soviet Union’s commu nications system. In spite of their crudity, he said, the Soviet commu nication systems actually worked. Steam refers to the railways that were used for industrial evacuation in the war where there were vast tra ffic problems, he said. Finally, he said that Soviet sup plies, although disorganized, were usually obtainable because of the in terlocking administrative nets that were in place. For example, he said, Stalin illegally made some state of fices military, such as the postal serv ice. “It was considered a defection from the war not to show up for work,” he said. The first examination that needs to be made in redesigning the Soviet political system concerns what kind of war World War II was, Erickson said. “Their war, the Great Patriotic War, was both militarily and morally unique,” he said. “It was the greatest land campaign in the history of the world and it was, for the first time in history, a genoci- dal war,” he said. “It was a war of enslavement and extermination. “It was the first time that children were killed systematically.” “I think that the truth has got to be told about the war (World War II) from Gorbachev’s side and the Soviet society with all the sadness and sorrow before he can succeed in evolving a current Soviet response in galvanizing his society in the direction he wants. ” — John Erickson, Texas A&M visiting professor and director of defense studies at the University of Ediburgh, Scotland The human loss on the Soviet side has been recorded in the West as be ing 20 million, Erickson said. In reality, there were 45 to 47 mil lion lives lost and there are 27 mil lion people still missing today, he said. “Also, only 3 percent of people between the ages of 17 and 21 sur vived in the Soviet Union during the war,” he said. “This is a massive slice of society.” In a strange way, the war legiti mized the Stalinist state, Erickson said, because it was a victorious state. “Many people still say, ‘Please don’t tear it down, we spent too much blood, we had too little bread, we produced too much steel,’ ” he said. Erickson said Stalin played a large part in forming this society. “It is perfectly true that he ran it all by naked personal authority,” he said. “It is perfectly true he ran it by personal control — he had his eyes and his ears everywhere,” he said. Another question Erickson said needs to be studied concerns what galvanized these people to act. Besides survival, Erickson listed firm leadership, disciplined behav ior and obedience and especially steadfastness. Gorbechev wants to reproduce these qualities that united the nation, Erickson said, especially steadfast ness and devotion. “I think that the truth has got to be told about the war from Gorba chev’s side and the Soviet society with all the sadness and sorrow be fore he can succeed in evolving a current Soviet response in galvaniz ing his society in the direction he wants,” Erickson said. 4 • • Lightning E - Fog m Thunderstorms Rain ** - Snow ? ? - Drizzle Ice Pellets V si Rain Shower <TU - Freezing Rain Sunset Today: 5:23 p.m. Sunrise Saturday: 7:07 am Map Discussion: Amplification of high pressure systems In the east central Pacific and the central United States promises stormy weather along both coasts. Most areas of the West should have rain as the Pacific system pushes Inland. In the East, the amplifying pattern will pump even more energy Into the tlreedy-vlgorous low pressure lyitwn With Its fairly slow movement end further deepening, expect enow from central Pennsylvania through New England. Forecast: Today. Fair to partly cloudy with a high of 76 degrees and northeaatarty winds at7to14mnh. Tonight. Clear and cool with a low of 47 degrees and easterly winds of less than 5 moh. Saturday. Increasing cloudiness and mild with a high of 73 degrees and a 10 percent chance of rain late in the day. Winds will be southerly at 10 mph, gusting to 18 mph. The probability of rain will increase to 20 percent for Sunday. Weather Fact. Average weather conditions for the Dallas-Fort Worth area based solely on climatological data for New Year’s Day are: • High temperature: 57 degrees. •Low temperature: 36 degrees. • Relative humidity: 60 percent. • Winds: north at 10 mph. • Cloud cover: mostly cloudy. • Rain: None. 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