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Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 858 to FCO (0530Z) ("CPSU Conference: Call on Dobrynin") ["procedures envisaged for elections prior to the Party Conference and for the conduct of the Conference... at pains to dismiss speculation... [of] threat to Gorbachev's position"] [released Dec 2016]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/3178 f53
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 21pp
Themes: Leadership, Media, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states)