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 the American Foreign Missions Act, whose purpose was to regulate the missions of communist countries in the United States; answers to questions on the planning and construction of new buildings for the British embassy in Moscow; a detailed schedule of the requirements for a new embassy building; and a visit to Moscow by a British government architect. Other subjects discussed in the file include the dilapidated state of the British offices and staff accommodation in Moscow; a possible intergovernmental agreement for an exchange of embassy sites; plans for the rebuilding of the Soviet embassy and associated facilities on Kensington Palace Gardens in London; and the future of the prestigious Morisa Toreza site in Moscow, the location of the British ambassador's residence.