USSR/Persian Colfi fui Spread of Conflict
A Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman expressed "profound anxiety- over the third Iraqi Scud attack on iarael and the sabotage of Kuwaiti oilfields by Iraqi troops, according to press reports. Asked whether the us had gone beyond the mandate of the US resolution, he affirmed the USSR's -principled stand" but repeated Gorbachev's warning against further escalation of military conflict. Soviet media have voiced sinilar concerns; one Pravda article today called for efforts to localize the conflict to prevent newasestablishing dominance in the region. fflM
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