Cable briefs
Report denied
"The Sunday Times” said that British intelligence had prepared a report criticising U.S. Navy action in shooting down an Iranian airliner a week ago, killing 290 people. But the British Foreign Office, which controls overseas intelligence operations, denied any knowledge of such a report.—London.
Troops to leave? ,
The Soviet Union may be considering the withdrawal of some or all of its 65,000 troops in Hungary, the State Department said. “We have increasing indications that the Soviets may be considering an early decision to pull forces out of Hungary. We would welcome that jrnove,” a State Department spokeswoman,
Sondra McCarty, said.— Washington.
Drought persists
Scattered showers provided scant relief to the parched Middle West on
Saturday as the worst North American drought in half a century persisted. Engineers opened the shrunken Mississippi River to unobstnicted navigation for the pirst
time in several weeks, but farmers in the Corn Belt held out little hope for their crops.—Chicago.
Call to arms
Iran has called on all Iranians able to carry a gun to report to Revolutionary Guard bases and go to the warfront with Iraq immediately.—Nicosia.
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