TOP U.S. DIPLOMAT TO MOSCOW.

Strobe Talbott, acting temporarily as U.S. secretary of state while the Clinton Administration awaits approval of Madeleine Albright for that post, arrived yesterday in Moscow on a previously unannounced official visit. He is reportedly working out the details of a summit meeting between the presidents of the two countries and of a separate meeting between the U.S. vice president and Russia’s prime minister. (UPI, January 21)

Nikitin’s Wife Returns to Russia.