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Soviet Union: Percy Cradock minute to Charles Powell ("Soviet Internal Situation") [recent article in Soviet journal "the most outspoken yet in its attack on the Soviet Communist Party and to some extent on Gorbachev himself"] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2873 f339
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 5pp
Themes: Media, British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states)