Soviet Envoy to Portugal
<i> United Press International</i>
MOSCOW —
Gennady Gerasimov, the former Foreign Ministry spokesman who helped make glasnost (openness) a household word around the globe, on Thursday was appointed ambassador to Portugal.
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