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carter said, the united states is watching with growing concern the unprecedented buildup of soviet forces along the polish border and the closing of certain frontier regions. the statement also said that military intervention in poland would have the most negative consequences. >> senior officials are operating on the assumption that the last thing the russians want to do is invade poland, recognizing an invasion will make everything much worse. but at the same time, the russians continue to increase their military pressure on poland. for example, on both sides of the east german polish border, a 40 mile ward strip has been closed to foreign observers. there are ten soviet divisions about 100,000 troops in this area. on poland's eastern front, from the baltic military district in the north to the carpathian in the south, -- forces are in wet officials here call and enhanced state of readiness. >> the consequences for the part of europe, the west -- have been made clear to the soviet leadership.