The World - News from Aug. 4, 1985
The Soviet Foreign Ministry has protested to Liberia over the expulsion of its staff from the West African country and retaliated by ordering Liberian diplomats out of Moscow, the official Soviet news agency Tass said. It was Moscow’s first word on the dispute, which started when the Liberian government broke relations with the Kremlin on July 18, accusing Soviet diplomats of gross interference in its internal affairs. The Soviets were given 72 hours to leave after students were reportedly caught passing defense secrets to them.
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