Castro warns Cuba faces economic difficulties and cutbacks
Prime Minister Fidel Castro, in a Radio Havana speech broadcast to Miami, warned Cubans the two year bonanza is ending as sugar prices fall and drought bites. He cited reduced imports, potential rationing, and slower growth, with trade shifts from the West to socialist allies and ongoing reliance on sugar for oil and imports.
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Russian defector Belenko rejects return to USSR in Washington
The MIG25 defected pilot Viktor I. Belenko met Soviet officials in Washington and refused to go back to Russia. He plans to stay in the United States after asylum approval by President Ford. Soviet efforts include a Moscow press conference by his wife and mother urging return while U.S. and Japanese experts plan to dissect the jet for intelligence.
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Grumman payoffs to Iran generals claimed by agent
Senate subcommittee testimony claimed Grumman paid agents to secure the 1972 F14 sale to Iran. Lavi testified that payments were to two Iranian generals through a firm controlled by Dr. Fuge, while Grumman denied bribes. The letters cited involve Oram and Turanian amid ongoing probes.
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