Cable Briefs

Press, 25 October 1982, Page 8

Cable Briefs

Sub policy The Swedish Prime Minister, Mr Olaf Palme, has announced a tough new antisubmarine policy, saying that submerged alien subs skulking in neutral Sweden’s waters would risk getting blown out of the water. — Stockholm. Strip-tease fun The Conservative mayoress of Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, has said that her fecentstripstease at a party social night was only' a bit of harmless fun. Mrs Pauline Duval, a housewife, said that her strip-tease to bra and panties left her more covered than she would be on any public beach. She called her Labour Party critics “pathetic.” — Lichfield. Orchestra sued The British actress, Vanessa Redgrave, has sued the Boston Symphony Orchestra for SUSS million because it cancelled performances in which she was to take part. Redgrave accused the orchestra’s management of basing its decision on her public statements of sunnnrt fnr fhp Palocfitw

Liberation Organisation. — Boston. Envoy defects The British Government has refused to comment on the importance of a Soviet diplomat who defected from his post in Iran and is now at a secret location in Britain. A Home Office spokesman said only that the diplomat, Vladimir Kuzichkin, in his mid-305,. had been granted permission to stay in Britain. — London. Asylum plea A senior pilot with the Iranian national airline, Iran Air, has said that he had asked for. political asylum in Switzerland. The pilot, Freydoun Aryan, said he had been given permission to stay in the country while his case was considered. He left his Boeing 707 jet in Amsterdam a month ago. — Geneva. Eye disease The Ugandan Health Ministry has confirmed that an eye disease has reached epidemic proportions. But a Health Ministry statement, quoted by Uganda radio, denied an earlier report' in the official "Uganda Times” which said that the epidemic could cause blindness in victims. — Kampala.Steelmen strike Leaders of Britain's 90,000 steel-workers have said that their 24-hour official strike in protest at the threatened closure of more plants had been nearly 100 per cent QiirnpQQfnl — T nndnn