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  NEW SOVIET ECONOMIC       
  TREATY AGREED             
                                        
 The 12 remaining Soviet republics have 
 agreed on the immediate need for a new 
 economic union treaty, the official    
 Tass news agency has reported.         
                                        
 Senior Soviet official Ivan Silayjv    
 said hj was pleased with the result of 
 the meeting, held in Alma Ara, the     
 capital of Kazakhstan.                 
                                        
 Latvia, one of the three indepjndant   
 Baltic states, said it would apply for 
 associate membership of the union.     
                                        
 The meeting was the first attempt by   
 the republics to reach any sort of     
 agreement since August's failed coup.  
                                        
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