Cuts Predicted in Soviet Pacific Fleet
<i> Reuters</i>
TOKYO —
Japan’s Defense Agency predicts a big cutback in the Soviet Pacific Fleet, a newspaper said Monday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted an agency document as saying the fleet will have 27% fewer vessels by the late 1990s.
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