Soviet troop invocations were absurd while American forces remained on the Rhine

Evidence

This is probably where the deepest divergence between us lies. To talk about having `the Chinese on the Rhine’, so long as the Americans are still stationed on it, is simply impossible for me. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 2673

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies the Cold War era rhetoric of ‘the Chinese on the Rhine’ as a specter some invoked, which the speaker rejects as impossible while NATO forces remained.