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Soviet Union: Robert Conquest letter to MT (Soviet elections) [Gorbachev "in much the same condition as previous rulers wanting change - they have to break the resistance of their own apparatus"] [released Dec 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3177 f57
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 6pp
Themes: Media, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states)