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“Knock It Off” (March 1, 1983) By Charles Phillip Bissell

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Title:	“Knock It Off” (March 1, 1983) By Charles Phillip Bissell
Artist:	Phillip Bissell (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
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“Knock It Off” (March 1, 1983)
By Charles Phillip Bissell (1926 -)
11 x 15 in., ink on board
Coppola Collection

In the 1980s, the Cold War was in full swing. The Russians were defending their right to arm Syria with Surface-to-Air missiles as an affront to Israel.

Secretary of State Schultz and Defense Secretary Weinberger refer to the recent Soviet installation in Syria of SAM- 5s, along with Soviet crews, as "destabilizing" and "serious." The administration views the situation as inflammatory, increasing the possibility of renewed fighting in the Middle East.

—Michael Getler, "Weinberger, Schultz Call Soviet Missiles in Syria Danger to Peace," The Washington Post, 1 March, 1983.

Responding to U.S. administration pronouncements on the subject, the Soviet press agency TASS defended Syria's right to install Soviet antiaircraft missiles on its territory. Israeli military sources suggested that the missiles posed a direct threat to the country's security and a potential threat to American planes operating from carriers in the Mediterranean.

—"Soviet Defends the Provision of Its Missiles to the Syrians," UPI, 2 March, 1983; "Soviet Military Equipment for Syria," Israel Radio by British Broadcasting Corporation, 2 March, 1983.

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