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4.
The
Secretary of
State
them
this said he agreed with
assessment. The Russians invaded Afghanistan in order to sustain a regime sympathetic to themselves, and it would be illogical for
now to withdraw and let
let it collapse.
When he had been in Peshawar he had been told that the
Afghan
had shot down many Soviet aircraft. The message of the refugees had been that unless they could accept any timetable for withdrawal proposed by the Soviet Union no other party to the dispute should do so
either.
resistance fighters
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CO Hum
Hong Kong Department
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