text: The Soviet government said economic results achieved in the first three months of the year were unsatisfactory the official news agency Tass said. Soviet industrial production from January to March grew by 2.5 pct compared with the same period last year but fell short of its target by 0.8 pct official statistics showed. The Council of Ministers (government) emphasised that the results did not meet the Communist Partys exacting demands for the radical reconstruction of the economy Tass said. The first quarter economic results were deemed unsatisfactory. It singled out failings in the engineering chemical and timber industriess as well as light industry. Reuter
target: SOVIET GOVT SAYS ECONOMIC RESULTS UNSATISFACTORY