Baltic republics sign pact to aid independence drive
Estonia Latvia and Lithuania signed a Baltic Council cooperation pact to push for full restoration of governmental independence from the Soviet Union. The leaders revived the 1934 Treaty of Unity and Cooperation, pledging mutual support amid Soviet warnings and possible economic sanctions.
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Soviet leaders split over gag law on insulting president
Tass reported one chamber approved a bill to punish insults to the Soviet president with fines up to 5000 dollars or up to three years in jail or labor camp. The Council of the Nationalities rejected the measure, sending it to a committee for rewriting amid protests and debate on defining insults.
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