The Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, Mikhail Gorbachev, has expressed concern over Pakistan’s nuclear programme, the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi, said. Gandhi, shortly after his arrival from a 14-day overseas visit, said he had taken up the matter of Pakistan’s nuclear programme with both US President Ronald Reagan and Gorbachev.

Guerrilla bases hit

Israeli warplanes bombed two Palestinian guerrilla bases in the Syrian-controlled Bekaa Valley, Lebanese radios and Israeli authorities said. The twin attack five miles from the Syrian border was confirmed in Tel Aviv by the Israeli military command, which reported “accurate hits” in eight buildings. There was no immediate word on casualties. It was Israel’s 13th anti-Palestinian air raid in Lebanon this year.

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