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Soviet Union: UKE Moscow telegram 1657 to FCO (1545Z) ("The Eltsin Affair: A Further Assessment") [Yeltsin's speech at the 21 October plenum "gave Gorbachev no choice but to throw him to the wolves"] [released Jul 2017]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2541 f62
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 6pp
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states)