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Ussr Officials (United Kingdom Residents)

Volume 979: debated on Thursday 28 February 1980

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asked the Lord Privy Seal what is the present fixed limit on the number of Soviet officials who are resident in the United Kingdom for more than three weeks: and what it was on 1 March 1974.

The following fixed limits are placed on the number of Soviet officials resident in the United Kingdom for periods longer than three months:

Soviet Embassy93
Soviet Trade Delegation47
Other Soviet organisations, including commercial organisations, press, etc106
Temporary appointments to the Soviet Trade Delegation for periods of 1–3 months13
These limits have remained unchanged since 1971.