Soviet Union: Embassy Building Sites in London and Moscow

A file containing documents relating to embassy sites in London and Moscow. Subjects covered in the file include long-standing issues with the premises of the British embassy in Moscow and the Soviet embassy in London; the "peculiarly bad political climate" for negotiations due to the poor state of relations between the two countries; and Soviet willingness to accept a site on Warwick Road in London for embassy staff accommodation. Other subjects discussed in the file include a suitable new site for the British ambassador's residence in Moscow, improved by a proposal to demolish an existing building; the lack of a satisfactory explanation as to why the British residence could not remain at its existing site in Moscow; a visit to Moscow by a British government architect; and the views of the Foreign Secretary, Francis Pym, and the newly appointed British ambassador in Moscow, Iain Sutherland, on the subject.