Like the Czechoslovakian leaders of 1968, Mr.Gorbachev believed that a degree of political and economic democracy could be combined with communist rule.

• 与1968年的捷克斯洛伐克领导人一样，戈尔巴乔夫先生相信，一定程度的政治和经济民主能够与共产主义统治相结合。