WORLD IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Baker Said to Bar Talk on Gorbachev
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Secretary of State James A. Baker III barred a White House aide from delivering a speech that he viewed as too pessimistic about Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev’s prospects, the New York Times reported. The move reflects the caution with which the Bush Administration views the changing Soviet situation. The speech was to have been delivered in Washington by Robert M. Gates, deputy national security adviser.
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