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Afghanistan: Howe PS letter to No.10 ("Afghanistan: Visit of Abdul Haq") [MT advised not to meet with Afghan resistance leader; "The Western objective at this stage is to get the Russians to deal directly [with] the Resistance"; MT notes she will meet with President of the Afghan Resistance Alliance, Khales] [released Jul 2018]

Document type: Declassified documents
Source: PREM19/2013 f105
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Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 3pp
Themes: British relations with the Soviet Union, Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Asia)