The World : No Reagan Story in Izvestia

The Soviet media have so far failed to publish President Reagan’s interview with four Soviet journalists. The session, the first by Soviet reporters with an American President since John F. Kennedy was interviewed in 1961, was expected to be printed in Sunday’s editions of Izvestia, but no word of it appeared in any Soviet outlet. Soviet editors were reluctant to say why it was not reported, but one suggested that the official media were not sure how to handle Reagan’s comments. A transcript of the interview will be released after publication in the Soviet press, the White House has said.