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Article: Soviets Meet Cutback Deadline at U.N.; U.S. Officials Say Number in Mission Drops Below Target
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- The Washington Post
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- March 31, 1987
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The Soviet Union has quietly bowed to U.S. demands that it limit
its U.N. mission staff to 221 or fewer people by April 1, American
officials said today.
By beating the deadline, the Soviets averted another round of the
successive expulsions that shook relations between the superpowers
last fall.
This time, said U.S. mission spokeswoman Irene Payne, "we didn't
anticipate any problems. They've assured us that they're below the
mark, and that jibes with our records."
U.S. officials said there were 206 Soviet mission staff members
in the country-15 below the maximum set by the State Department-24
hours before the deadline of midnight Tuesday.
Last March, the United States ordered Moscow to ...