In fact, it was a retrospective policy, as Soviet allies had already acquired much greater freedom of action.

These mortars were kept in production long after the war and sold to Soviet allies.

However, the role played by America's Soviet allies is largely ignored.

He urged them that public criticism of America's Soviet ally might be harmful to the war effort.

In any event, having endured the suffocating embrace of their Soviet ally for 40 years, most are not yet ready to link arms again.

East Germany was a particularly staunch Soviet ally for decades but now is dealing with its past.

Syrian claims of aerial victories were met with skepticism even from their Soviet allies.

Soviet allies have also announced cutbacks in their forces.

Romania was not regarded as a true Soviet ally.

It has no Soviet ally for a war against Israel.