In Moscow
President Mikhail S. Gorbachev ordered all SOVIET citizens evacuated from Iraq. The Foreign Ministry said constant contact is being maintained with Baghdad in around-the-clock efforts to help end the Persian Gulf War. The Kremlin condemned Iraq’s latest attacks on Israel but again urged against retaliation. It also said that Gorbachev has not received any replies from his Friday appeals to Arab leaders to avoid turning the war into an Arab-Israeli conflict.
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