Plan tor Geneve Talks
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SoWei Deputy Fatalon Mlntttar Ragachtiv't claim rueida, that plant ara being madaew round ol UN-madlalad Indlraot talks on AtQhaaluan amama loublic relations ploy In that lha Soviets have defected1 all proposal* to prepareldbvd
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Rogechevaws conference In Moscow thai "specific dales" tor withdrawing Soviet troops from Afghanistan wltf ba set at the next round ot Geneva negotiations, tor which he claimed preparations were under way. The text of Rogechev'* remarks did not appear In trie Soviet press, and It is unclear whether he was referringime frame tor withdraws' or to agreeTent on when It shojW begin. Pakistan said las', week it would prase the Soviets to resume Both the Geneva talks and Bilateral discussions.!
In recent months, the Soviets have frustrated UN negotiator Cordovez'a attempts to sat up shuttle nesotisllons between Islamabad end Kabul end deflected Pakistan's request that First Deputy Foreign Minister Vorontsov visit Islamabad. Both Cordovez and the Pakistan'* hoped that their respective dfscjssions would
pave the wey for willing the withdrawal issue at Geneva eoon.
Rogechev'e claims are probably designed to answer Pakistan's pubsc call for talks and to Inf.uence this fall's UN General Assembly vote on Afghanistan by suggesting that Soviet-Afghan flexibility hasreakthrough in ihe negotiations imminent, Ha 'ailed to waive Moscow's earlier condlllona forithdrawal timetable. The Soviets will probably put oft holding another Geneva round until after the General Assembly vote end reeolutton of the threatened eusoersion of US aid to Pakistan over the nuclear proliferation Issue.
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