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SITUATION! . AFGHAN
SUBJECT CATAGORVl SIT IV

MES5AGE / ANNOTATION!

FOR THE ACTIONS WHICH HAD BEEN TAKEN, THEY HAD {JOT BEEN
TAKEN FRIVOLOUSLY! THEY WERE SERIOUS MEASURES WITH
SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES# TAKEN FOR THE REASON StATEQ BY tHE
PRESIDENT.
IS. KORNIYENKO RESPONDED THAT THE REASONS GIVEN BY THE
PRESIDENT PROVIOBD NQ BASIS FOR tHE MEASURES TAKEN AND
THAT THERE WERE IN FACT NQ GROUNDS FOR SUCH ACTIONS UNDER
ANY INTERNATIONAL LAW OR AGREEMENT, THE SOVIET IlDE# HE
CONTINUED* COULD SAY A GREAT DEAL AQBUT THE POLITICAL
aspects op The hatter and could find explanations no Less
HARSH THAN those USED BY U.S, OFFICIALS# BUT Hi THOUGHT
tHERS WAS NO NEED TO GO INTO THOSE ASPECTS AT THIS TIME.
CHARGE AGREED,
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No Objection To Declassification in Full 2012/10/02 : NLC-16-4-2-15-2