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Mr. Forman
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will set out in tabular form the diplomatic strength of each of the Eastern European embassies and the Soviet Embassy in London in 1970, 1974 and at the present time.
Mr. Tomlinson
The number of diplomatic staff of Eastern European and Soviet Embassies in London for the years in question are:
| 197 | 1978 | ||
| Bulgaria | 10 | 10 | 14 |
| Czechoslovakia | 18 | 10 | 14 |
| German Democratic Republic | — | 12 | 17 |
| Hungary | 14 | 12 | 14 |
| Poland | 13 | 20 | 26 |
| Romania | 14 | 17 | 18 |
| Soviet Union | 80 | 41 | 45 |
| Yugoslavia | 11 | 12 | 14 |