Article: CEASE-FIRE SOUGHT IN ANGOLA.(Main)

Byline: Combined wire services

The United States and the Soviet Union launched a coordinated diplomatic effort in Washington on Wednesday to persuade both sides in the 15-year-old Angolan civil war to reach agreement on a cease-fire by early next year.

Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze, whose government has poured billions of dollars in aid and arms into Angola to prop up the leftist government, met for the first time with the U.S.-backed Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi.

At the same time, Secretary of State James A. Baker III held talks with Angolan Foreign Minister Pedro de Castro Van Dunem, who arrived in Washington on Wednesday ...

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