World IN BRIEF : SOVIET UNION : KGB Chief Sees CIA Plot at Work
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov has accused the Central Intelligence Agency of plotting to subvert the Soviet economy, describing promises of Western aid as an illusion, Leningrad Television reported. It showed taped excerpts of a furious speech by Kryuchkov to a closed session of the Soviet parliament last week. He linked his assessment of the current situation in the Soviet Union to an alleged CIA plan adopted in 1977 “aimed at the breakup of Soviet society and disorganization of the socialist economy.”
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