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Afghanistan: Leon Brittan letter to Howe ("Soviet Prisoners of the Afghan Resistance") [applications for political asylum: arguments against admission point "to the desirability of making a further attempt to involve our Western allies in a joint approach"] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/1672 f66
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 2pp
Themes: Race, immigration, nationality, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Asia), European Union (general)