Abstract
During the early years of its existence the Warsaw Pact was meant to be an instrumental organization, used by the Kremlin to control the Eastern Bloc''s armed forces, and as an endorsement to soviet foreign policy initiatives. The tendencies to reform the pact occurred in the context of the Sino-Soviet rift at the end of Khruschev''s rule fully unfolded after the accession of Brezhnev as a part of the effort to consolidate the Bloc.
In 1964 and 1965, actions were taken to outline the main development, fully reflected in the second half of the 60''s - Romanian unwillingness to strengthen the political role of the pact, and its effort to disintegrate the military structures. Albanian continued to distance itself from the Warsaw Pact.
The rest of the member states supported the reform initiatives. Reasons of parties leaderships were individual, but aimed towards a similar goal-to increase their decision-making positions within the alliance, primarily ruled from Moscow.