Soviet Military Chief Confers With Castro

HAVANA — The Soviet Union’s top military officer, Marshal Sergei F. Akhromeyev, met with Cuban President Fidel Castro and discussed military collaboration, the official daily newspaper Granma said Wednesday.

Without providing details on the Tuesday talks, attended by Raul Castro, the Cuban defense minister, the newspaper said they took place “in a friendly atmosphere, as befit the relations between the two countries.”