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The Soviet Union, which frequently has condemned the U.S. government-run radio station Voice of America, agreed to let the station open a permanent office in Moscow. Charles Z. Wick, head of the U.S. Information Agency, which runs VOA, announced in Moscow that Andre de Nesnera will be the correspondent, Beth Knisley, an agency spokeswoman, said in Washington. Wick’s partner in joint U.S.-Soviet information talks, Valentin Falin, said De Nesnera could begin working immediately, Knisley reported. For years, the Kremlin lambasted VOA as a “hostile voice” and tried to jam its broadcasts into the Soviet Union.
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