The Warsaw Pact was a means to control the Soviet Satellite States because a clause in the pact gave the Soviet Union greater authority over its satellite states.
A defensive alliance between nations should not come at the cost of those nations losing their sovereignty. They should still be able to embark on independent policies and make their own decisions.
This was not the case Warsaw Pact countries because the Pact gave the Soviet Union some authority over the affairs of the member nations of the Pact which meant that they could not embark on certain activities unless the Soviet Union okayed it.
This is why countries like Hungary and Czechoslovakia were invaded when they tried to initiate changes that the Soviets were not happy with.
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Options for this question include:
A. A clause in the pact gave the Soviet Union greater authority over its satellite states.
B. The Soviet Union would have abandoned the satellite states to protect its own interest during a major conflict.
C. The Soviet Union was already in control of the military forces of all its satellite states before the pact was signed.
D. Most member nations were forced into signing the pact, despite their resistance to communism.
