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At the press conference, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgi Kornienko declared, "It is to be hoped that the U.S. Government has not said its last word in response to the new Soviet expression of goodwill." It scarcely seemed coincidental that the Soviet moratorium idea came not only on the eve of the Helsinki meeting but as a World Youth Festival brought thousands of Communist and left-wing visitors to Moscow. Summed up a West European diplomat in the Soviet capital: "The Soviets intend to put as much pressure as possible on Washington until the November summit rolls around." --By George Russell. Reported by James O. Jackson and Johanna McGeary/Helsinki