A file containing documents relating to Soviet influence in Western Europe. Subjects covered in the file include a visit to the Soviet Union by the Austrian president, Rudolf Kirchschläger; Soviet criticism of Spain joining NATO; the internment of Soviet prisoners in Switzerland; Soviet criticism of Gibraltar as "a colonial thorn in the side of Spain"; and a dispute between the Soviet and Italian communist parties. Other subjects discussed in the file include the possibility of Soviet interference in Greenland; an assault on a Portuguese journalist in Moscow; a visit to the Soviet Union by the Cypriot president, Spyros Kyprianou; the shooting of two Turkish guards on the border with the Soviet Union; a large Soviet presence in the Belgian city of Antwerp; and the signature of a protocol on procedures in the event of the death of the imprisoned Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
- Content from Gazet van Antwerpen © Gazet van Antwerpen.; Content from Wiener Zeitung © Wiener Zeitung.; The rights holder for content from Warsaw Pact Political Consultative Committee could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us. Content from Gazet van Antwerpen © Gazet van Antwerpen. Content from Wiener Zeitung © Wiener Zeitung. The rights holder for content from Warsaw Pact Political Consultative Committee could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us.
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Cyprus Gibraltar Greece Greenland Ireland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Portugal Spain Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
- Department Reference
- EN 21/20 PART B
- Document Type
- Correspondence Meeting Minutes Press and Media Print Publications Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 28/4735
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.004735
- Note
- Documents or parts of documents in this file were retained under Section 27(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Novosti, 07.12.1981, Do the Russians want a war? Novosti, 07.12.1981, Viktor Samarin Pravda, 03.11.1982, Fruitful Cooperation: Spyros Kyprianou's Speech on Soviet Television Pravda, 03.11.1982, Joint Soviet-Cypriot Communique Pravda, 15.10.1982, The Creative Force of Unity Pravda, 29.10.1982, In friendly atmosphere Pravda, 29.10.1982, President Kyprianou Comes to Moscow on a working visit: President's Arrival in Moscow, Soviet-Cyprian [sic] Talks TASS, 29.05.1982, Soviet-Austrian communique BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 06.07.1982, SU/7070/A1/6 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 11.06.1981, SU/6746/A4/3 BBC Monitoring Summary of World Broadcasts, 30.09.1982, SU/7144/A1/6.
- Pages
- 227
- Persons Discussed
- Curtis Keeble David Mostyn Francis Pym Iain Sutherland John Taylor Leonid Brezhnev Rudolf Hess Rudolf Kirchschläger Spyros Kyprianou
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- Border Security and Migration International Relations
