The World - News from Dec. 13, 1985
Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev said his country has dismantled the launchers for SS-20 missiles that he previously said had been withdrawn from standby alert in Europe, Tass news agency said. In Paris in October, Gorbachev said missiles that had been on standby alert west of the Ural Mountains had been removed. These missiles were in addition to the 243 SS-20s already deployed on Soviet territory in Europe.
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