Soviets, Britain Expel Diplomats
From Reuters
LONDON, The Soviet Union and Britain expelled three of each other’s diplomats tonight.
The British Foreign Office said Moscow ordered out three British Embassy staff members, including the naval attache, following Britain’s expulsion of two Russians last week for spying. Britain immediately responded by ordering the expulsion of three more Soviet diplomats, a Foreign Office spokesman told Reuters.
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