What makes it different for Warsaw pact countries is that they were so delighted to escape Moscow’s grip and burst free toward the West during the 1990s. They had finally busted out.

Radoslav A. Yordanov, Warsaw Pact Countries’ Involvement in Chile from Frei to Pinochet, 1964–1973, Journal of Cold War Studies, Vol. 21, No. 3 (Summer 2019), pp. 56-87 ...