Soviets Alert American Networks
Soviet officials have alerted American television networks to what they said will be an important announcement scheduled for tonight on the main evening news program here.
The extraordinary notification of a major news event came as the self-imposed Soviet moratorium on nuclear tests approached its scheduled expiration Monday.
Officials from the Foreign Ministry press department suggested that the American television networks might want to order time on a communications satellite tonight following broadcast of Vremya, the 9 p.m. (8 a.m. PST) news showcase.
Last year on Easter, Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev signaled that he would attend a summit with President Reagan and announced a moratorium on deploying additional nuclear missiles in the European zone of the Soviet Union.
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