The country now seems full of mixed and even contradictory elements; some were inspired clearly during the period of Soviet tutelage, others by newer influences.

Until demoralized by the defections of its senior officers, the army had achieved a level of performance it had never reached under direct Soviet tutelage.

Both the Nationalist and Communist Chinese political warfare doctrine stem from the same historical antecedents at the Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 under Soviet tutelage.

Under Soviet tutelage, the Laotian Government, headed by Prime Minister Kaysone Phomvihan, now in his 60's, has begun "renovating" and loosening the economy.

Backed by a massive influx of weapons from the Soviet Union, the Afghan armed forces reached a level of performance they had never reached under direct Soviet tutelage.