CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY MOSCOW TO FOREIGN OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1181
CNFIDENTIAL.
25 JULY 1968.
ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN OFFICE TELEGRAM NO 1181 OF 25 JULY REPEATED
FOR INFORMATION TO PEKING, SOFIA, BUDAPEST, BUCHAREST, PRAGUE
AND WARSAW.
704
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 373 TO BERNE : BRITISH MISSION IN PEKING
IN ANTICIPATION OF THE INSTRUCTIONS FORESHADOWED IN PARAGRAPH 5 OF YOUR TEL UNDER REFERENCE, I INSTRUCTED HEAD OF CHANCERY TO
SPEAK TODAY TO A MEMBER OF THE SECOND EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT ON THE
LINES OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. SUKHODRIEV TOOK
NOTE, AND COMMENTED THAT HE DID NOT THINK THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT, FOR THE REASONS OF WHICH H.M.G. WERE OBVIOUSLY AWARE, WOULD FEEL ABLE TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS. IN VIEW OF THE INJUNCTION
(688) IN YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1990 TO MAKE THE APPROACH VERY INFORMALLY,
GIVEN LEFT NO PIECE OF PAPER OTHER THAN A LIST OF THE GOVERNMENTS
WHO ARE BEING APPROACHED.
FO PLEASE PASS PEKING, SOFIA, BUDAPEST, BUCHAREST, PRAGUE AND
WARSAW
SIR G. HARRISON
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
F.O.
F.E.D.
REPEATED AS REQUESTED
C.O.
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NORTHERN DEPARTMENT
WESTERN DEPARTMENT
EASTERN DEPARTMENT
N.E.A.D.
W.C.A.D.
3.E.A.D.
RESEARCH DEPARTMENT
I.R.D.
NEWS DEPARTMENT
HONG KONG DEPARTMENT
S.A.D.
E.A.D.
Z.M. & S.A.D.
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