USSR AGREES TO OPENING OF PLO MISSION IN MOSCOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-352-5-181-5
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 181
• Publication Date: August 3, 1974
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02: LOC-HAK-352-5-181-5
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(TEXT) "TOSCO! AUGUST 4 TASS--A CQ;':;;U~T~!UE HAS FEi=1J PUBLISHED
}ERE O14 THE ivEETIUG OF ALTERN TE ; E;i-D R OF THE POLITSURE\U OF
THE CFSU CEt:T};~.L CO[NN'IITTEE, S ET:=.; Y OF T
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CFi'JTR/aL CO.' ITTEt A`,,,D DEPUTY HEAD OF. THE
I1J'rFRNAT IOf'J'L :)EPART;;E;iT OF T HE CPSU CEI.TRAL CQ;,:Y1II'TEE ROSTISLAV
tLYi;NOVSi;IY IT -' T YE F-L0 D. LEC':T 10 1'4 L ED BY CrHAIPi'JAtJ OF THE
}LO XEC;,IIV;r CviitiiTT,-E: Y,`S1R 'An,FAT. TH: ME TIi?;G ':'AS H LD ON
:JEDtf_'SDAY O;J T1' L' SAY '^,Ff.T !i'S RECEIVED tDY USSR FIRST
DEPUTY MINISTER 04 1 OR IG N; AFF 4IHS VASILIY KUZ tJETSOV. THE
MF rT II'JGS AND T ,%)-;'S HELD IN AN i TiiOSPhER1 OF FRIENDSHIP
AID t'Hi-T U^
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"TY.F PLO DEL.EGA`.TIOt: a'E,1..COi?;ED THE EFFORTS OF THE SOVIET
UNION AT COi;SOLID:TI0;J OF FEACE A(i) ENSURING
FURTHER
RELAXE:T IOt: OF I i:rtT ION,"L TE :3I Oi?1 A N,D HIG1-fLY ASSESSED THE
FR INCIPLED POLICY OF T1HE C1'SU A ) T"-, SOVIET GOVERNMENT OF
AID TO THE STRUGGLE OF PEOPLES FOR FREEDOM, INDEPENDENCE
Ate THEIR LEGITIf?u.lE NAT IUNAL RIGhT S. IT EXPRESSED PROFOUND
MATITUDE FOR T rE INVARIABLE AID At:D SUPPORT RENDERED BY THE
SOVIET UNION TO T rEE Ah!A.ii td!',T IO .AL LISERfJIOtJ t'iOVEi?iEwT
INOLL7ING ONE OF ITS CONTI14GENTS--TIE PALESTINE RESISTANCE MOVEMENT.
"TH~.E DELEGATION DECLARED FOR A FURTHER CONSOLIDATION OF
FR IF SHIP AND COOPERATION `./ IT H THE SOVIET JNION, THE SOCIALIST
COUNTRIES IN THE STRUGGLE AGAI;:ST THE :GO:HESSIVE ATTE;.WTS OF
IMPYRIALISF,, Z.O;JISf'J AND REACTION= TO PREVENT FURTHER ADVANCEMENT OF
THE PEOPLES OF T hE ARAB EAST ALONG THE ROAD OF NATIONAL
It',DEPEjJDEICE, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PROGRESS.
"THE SIDES NOTED WITH SATISFACTION THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
DECISIONS Tin AT THE CONFERENCE OF hEA.DS OF ARAB STATE IN
ALGIERS (NOVEN3ER 1973) Atli1) THE CONFERENCE OF 110SLE(f, STATES
IN LA}iORE (FE)RUARY 1974) ON THE RECOUNITION OF PLO AS THE
SQE LEGITI;IATE REPRESEirTATIVE OF THE ARAB PEOPLE OF PALESTINE.
 m No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02: LOC-HAK-352-5-181-5
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/02 : LOC-HAK-352-5-181-5
"FROM TIE SOVIET SIDE -.JAS REAFFIRi ED THE INVARI!':BILITY CF
T}iE SOVIET UN.'IO" S ST:'ND IN SUPPORT OF T }' STRUGGLE OF ARAB
FEOFLES FOR T}'E FULL LIBERa'.TICN OF THE AR :3 TERRIT0IE S OCCUPIED
BY ISRAEL It' 1967. T}E SPEEDIEST iNO MItLIZATION'J OF THE MIDDLE
EAST SIT U^:T ICU , THE EL I:,I N! .T ION T,1`117-RE OF ALL T }i; A.FTERMAT}-;a
OF T}E ISRI;ELI AG(.};ESSIOiJ, THE .JITrDFtAd1:L OF ISRAELI-TROOPS
FR ON ALL Th OCCUPIED };. B L:_`:)S :;ND Thi 1:TT.1%Ii:~iE1:T BY T}IE
ARAB PEOPLE OF PALEST I NE OF T}NFIi LEGITIMATE UATIO;:AL RIGHTS
IN COiMMAN:CE 7JITH Ti;: CH ~RT1_R AND DECISIONS OF THE UNITED
NATION'S OR GANIZf.TION: IS AN IN'DISFENSABLE CONDITION FOR T}iE
EST ;IELIS}itENJI OF A JUST A N ' D I4:G FEAC-i- I N THAT AREA AND
MEETS TYZ INTERESTS OF ALL STATE.S At--D PEOPLES.
"THE SOVIET UNICiJ EXPRESSEC SUPPORT FOR T}FE PARTICIPATION
OF THE PALESTINE LISERAT IOU CfGia ;I ATION Ito THE GENEVA PEACE
CONFERENCE AND EXERCISING EQUAL RIGhTS WITH OT}L'~.R PARTICIPANTS.
?' PART ICI P;tTTiS Its T}-E TALKS EXFRESSED SATISFACTION AT THE
SiRENGT} i.'1ING OF T}'1: UNITY OF THE P.LESTIiWIAN RESISTANCE
MOV MEtr TH,'-T HAS RECFNITLY ThriE:: SHAPE A;D EXPAiJSIOiJ OF ITS
COOPERATION ;.ITH OTHER AUTI-IMPERIALIST AND PATRIOTIC FORCES OF
T}-E ARAB COUNTRIES IN THE STRUGGLE FC}: T}E: SATISFACTION OF ThE
LEG IT If,ATE RIGhTS.OF TiE PALEST INJIAN FECFLE.
"IN tiNS':JER TO THE REQUEST OF THE PALESTINE LIDERATION
QIGAEJIZAT IO;J EXECUTIVE COM:1ITTEE T}-41-- SOVIET SIDE GAVE CONJSGN}T
TO T}-E OPENING OF A PLO REPRESi iirATION Id t1OSCO4," T}? COMs1UNICUE
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