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Soviet Union: FCO record of conversation ("OVATION: Record of Meeting with the Prime Minister of New Zealand") [?Oleg Gordievsky, Lange] [released Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2538 f145
Editorial comments:

OVATION is reported to have been a codename for Oleg Gordievsky (Ben Macintyre The Spy and the Traitor (2018). Read other documents selected from this file. The full file itself may be read here.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 9pp
Themes: Media, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Australia & NZ), Defence (general), Security services & intelligence