The World - News from Oct. 18, 1985
Belgian Premier Wilfried Martens said he will form a new center-right government and continue with plans to deploy more U.S. cruise missiles in Belgium if the Geneva arms talks prove fruitless. Sixteen of a planned 48 missiles have already been installed. Martens, whose outgoing coalition increased its legislative majority in last Sunday’s election, also said he will continue economic austerity measures begun in 1981.
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