WORLD : Gorbachev to See S. Korea’s Roh
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WASHINGTON — Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev, in a bid to expand Soviet contacts with industrialized countries, will meet in San Francisco after the Washington summit with South Korean President Roh Tae Woo, U.S. officials said today.
The two countries have no formal diplomatic relations, and the Soviets maintain strong ties with North Korea, which conducted a brief and now-suspended dialogue with the pro-U.S. government in Seoul.
Gorbachev is struggling to get a grip on the Soviet economy. As he left Moscow for talks beginning on Thursday with President Bush, the Soviet capital and other cities were experiencing panic buying in anticipation of broad price hikes pegged to adoption of a market system.
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