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Article: SOVIET COOL TO PULLOUT PLEDGE.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 23, 1988
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Byline: Norman Kempster and Robert C. Toth Los Angeles Times
Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze, meeting Secretary of State George P. Shultz in a new round of pre-summit talks, edged back Tuesday from a suggestion floated by his own spokesman last week that the Soviet Union might withdraw its forces from Afghanistan even if talks being mediated by the United Nations collapse.
When asked by reporters about the possibility of a unilateral Soviet withdrawal, Shevardnadze said that "it is better to have the document signed in Geneva," where the U.N.-sponsored talks are being held. "This is the better possibility," he said as the meeting began.
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