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CLOSURE OF KIEV AND NEW YORK ADVANCE PARTIES!
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THE ^SlSfRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE USSR; REFERRING

TO THE NOffi OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE OF THE USA OP
JANUARY T| 1980* CONSIDERS IT NECBSSARY tO STATS THE
FOLLOWING,
THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE USA CONCERNING THE
SUSPENSION OF THE OPENING QP THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF
THE USSR IN NEW YORK AND tHE WITHDRAWAL FROM THERf OF THE
SOVIET ADVANCE PARTY IS A FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF THE RILE*
VANT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES* INCLUDING THAT
REACHED OlfRlNG THE SOVIET-AMBRICAN MEETING AT THE HIGHEST
LEVEL. IN JULY 1974, THE SAID UNILATERAL' ACTION OF THE
AMERICAN SIDE TESTIFIES TO THE FACT THAt IT IS ACTIND IN
COMPLETE DISREGARD OP ITS OBLIGATIONS WHICH ENSUE FROM
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS WHICH It CONCLUDES, THE lOVllt
SIDE RESOSuTELY CONDEMNS tHBSC ILLEGAL ACTIONS BY THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE USA AS DIRECTLY HOSTILE TO THE INTERESTS
OF THE DIEELOPMENT OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES
AND INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED PRACTICE OF
THE MAINTENANCE OF RELATIONS BETWEEN STATES. IT MUST BE.
CLEAR THAT THE SOVIET SIDE WILL DRAW THE APPROPRIATE CON­
CLUSIONS.
THE SOVIET SIDE PLACES AL'C RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSE­
QUENCES OF THE SAID ACTION ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE USA,

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