Soviets Won’t Meddle, Imelda Marcos Told
United Press International
MANILA —
The Soviet Union assured visiting First Lady Imelda Marcos that it will not back a growing communist insurgency in the Philippines, the government said today.
The statement by the presidential palace, carried by the state-run Philippine News Agency, said Soviet President Andrei A. Gromyko told Imelda Marcos during a 90-minute meeting Thursday that the Soviet Union “will not interfere in the insurgency problem nor in the internal affairs of the Philippines.”
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