The World - News from Feb. 4, 1986
The Soviet Union ordered the expulsion of four French diplomats in retaliation for France’s expulsion of the same number of Soviet diplomats. The expulsions followed the arrest in France of Bernard Sourrisseau, 40, a retired serviceman charged with passing French naval secrets to suspected Soviet military intelligence agents, the French External Relations Ministry said. The four Soviets, who were not identified, left over the weekend. The ministry said the French diplomats were ordered to be out of the Soviet Union by the end of this week.
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