Soviets Send Holiday Greetings to U.S.
The legislature of the Soviet Union sent Fourth of July greetings Sunday to President Reagan and the American people and said the world looks forward to improved relations between the superpowers.
The Presidium, or executive committee, of the Supreme Soviet sent Reagan a telegram extending “congratulations and wishes of peace and well-being to the American people.”
The Tass news agency reported that the message referred to “important and fruitful results” of the December summit between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev and their meeting in Moscow in late May and early June.
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