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Nonetheless, it marked a watershed of ominous dimensions for both the Soviet Union and the 16-member NATO alliance. Andropov's 1,500-word statement, delivered by the official Soviet news agency TASS, meant that Moscow had finally acknowledged the failure of its extended campaign to prevent the deployment by the U.S. and its allies of new Pershing II and cruise missiles in Western Europe. As a result of NATO's resolve, a long and frustrating interlude in the convoluted drama of the nuclear arms race was over. But by the same token, a door had swung open...
...TASS, the Soviet news agency, showed no such reluctance in publicizing the fate of a Moscow store manager. Yuri Sokolov, former director of the Gastronom No. 1, Moscow's finest food store, was renowned for being able to supply his customers with such rare or rationed delicacies as caviar, smoked sturgeon, coffee and Indian tea. As caterer to the capital's elite, Sokolov lived in high style and had friends close to Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev...
Senators on Aug. 18. Since then, Soviet pronouncements have been issued in the form of communiqués in Andropov's name or through the official Soviet news agency TASS. A further signal that Andropov may not be well came last month, when he postponed a scheduled trip to Bulgaria...
...standard, based on respect for national sovereignty and self-determination, that distinguishes its conduct in the world from that of its Soviet adversary. Indeed, cries of outrage rang forth from Latin America, Western Europe and even the chambers of Congress-not to mention the predictable howl from Moscow, where TASS called Reagan "a modern Napoleon," devoid of conscience and simpleminded. By embroiling itself more deeply in the turbulent situation in Lebanon, the U.S. risks becoming a combatant rather than a peacemaker in the endless strife there. "Our forces in Lebanon are now not a deterrent, they are hostages," said Democratic...
...naval action last week was harshly attacked in the Soviet Union, where TV news programs showed clips of U.S. warships firing cannons, quickly followed by scenes of an anguished Arab mother clutching a dead or dying child. The TASS news agency said Moscow "resolutely condemned" the U.S. military moves. Reaction from U.S. allies, including those that have sent peace-keeping forces to Lebanon, has been mixed but generally supportive. In London, a Foreign Office spokesman said that each contingent in the multinational force must "take its own decisions about self-defense." In Italy's coalition government, Socialist Prime Minister Bettino...