WORLD : India Joins Soviet Relief Effort
India, which has difficulty feeding and caring for its own millions, today joined the growing list of nations sending relief aid to the Soviet Union.
The official Tass news agency said a special Indian Air Force flight carrying 24 tons of medicines and food landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport today in what will be the first of a series of aid flights.
In all, at least 24 nations, including Israel and Sri Lanka, have sent help to the Soviet Union in a relief effort that is snowballing.
Although Moscow’s mayor and deputy mayor and officials in other cities have said there is no danger of famine, the aid keeps arriving. “The Soviet Union has received more than 17,000 tons of medicines, medical equipment and food,” Soviet Deputy Health Minister Alexander Tsarengorodtsev said.
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