MAJOR RESULTS OF 16TH SUMMIT.(Main)

Byline: Knight-Ridder

Here is a brief summary of the major results of the 16th annual summit of industrialized democracies:

SOVIET AID: Leaders of the seven nations agreed to provide "technical assistance" to help the Soviet Union move toward a market- oriented economy, but they could not agree on a collective program of direct financial aid because of U.S. opposition.

To bridge their differences, the group agreed that individual countries, such as West Germany, are free to provide immediate financial aid. At the same time, international financial institutions will send a team of experts to the Soviet Union to assess the state of the economy. The …