The World : Soviets Miss Oil Objectives

The Communist Party daily newspaper Pravda reported that the Soviet Union failed to meet oil-production targets for 1985 and expressed concern that output is already lagging behind planned levels for 1986. In a front-page article, the authoritative Soviet paper criticized officials of the oil industry for foot-dragging in carrying out plans to increase production. Similar criticism was leveled in a separate article in the newspaper Soviet Russia.