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Soviet Union: Robert Conquest letter to MT (supply of disposable needles to the USSR) [risk of AIDS outbreak among children, due to use of infected needles for blood transfusions; the Baltic States; US journal's critique of MT's performance in Parliament] [released Dec 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3177 f38
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 9pp
Themes: Conservative Party (organization), Labour Party & socialism, Media, Parliament, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with the US, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), Foreign policy (development, aid, etc), European Union (general)