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6 Mar	Foreign Ministers of CSCE states meet in Vienna to mark the opening of new negotiations on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) among the 23 members of NATO and the Warsaw Treaty Organisation and on Confidence and Security Building Measures among all 35 CSCE participating states.
26 Mar	The first multi-candidate elections to the new USSR Congress of Peoples Deputies result in major setbacks for official Party candidates in many constituencies.