The World - News from Oct. 24, 1985
Morocco announced a cease-fire in its war against Polisario guerrillas in Western Sahara--as long as there are no attacks from the Algerian-backed rebels. Premier Mohammed Karim Lamrani, addressing the U.N. General Assembly, also offered to receive neutral observers to verify that the truce is being observed. However, a Polisario Front spokesman said that obstacles to peace remain, citing the presence in the territory of Moroccan forces and a Moroccan civil administration.
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