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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

April 19, 1983

A Soviet diplomat warned that Moscow might deploy new medium-range nuclear missiles within reach of the US, if Washington followed its plan to deploy new missiles in Europe. But Victor Isakov, minister-counselor of the Soviet Embassy in Washington, disputed reports that Nicaragua was a potential site.