Terrorism: Counterattack

The Soviets blame the CIA

Even by the standards of the Soviet Union's often inflammatory official daily newspaper, last week's tirade was one for the books. "The dirty snowball of lies and slander now rolling over the pages of the Western press will sooner or later melt under the rays of the truth," Pravda declared. "Only dirt will remain, which will stain for a long time the political reputation of those who were helping to mold that snowball." The target of the unusual vituperation: widespread suspicions in the West that the KGB plotted or abetted or was at least aware of...

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