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DATE: THURSDAY, May 17, 1990                   TAG: 9005170560
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/11   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: MOSCOW                                LENGTH: Short

BAKER REPORTS LITTLE ARMS TALKS PROGRESS

Secretary of State James A. Baker III said today he had not made much headway in bending the Soviet Union to U.S. positions on strategic weapons cuts.

But Baker said he was still hopeful. He and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard A. Shevardnadze turned the knotty problem over to their aides and drove in a 24-car motorcade to a Russian Orthodox Church complex 45 miles northeast of the capital for some sightseeing before returning to the bargaining table.

Baker's main goal in four days of talks that end on Saturday is to bring the Soviets in line with the United States on air and sea-launched cruise missiles.

- Associated Press 


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