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THE . EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE RELAXATION OF TENSIONS BETWE~N E~ST AND WESJ1 EFFORTS IN WHICH NATO COUNTRIES HAV~' SINCERELY P~RTlCiP~TED' HAVE NOW COLLAPSED• I BELIEVE THERE WERE 1 REAL1ST1t PO~SiBI~ifiES FOR A CERTAIN RELAXATION~ BUT THESE POSS1BIL1T!ES Wt~~· PRESUM~BLY NEVER · RETURN AGAINo WHEN THE RETURN to · COUNTRIES, AMONG OTHERS, HAVE WORKED ' TO RELAXAT l ON OF TENSIONS . THERE HiA.S NEVER BEEN ANY ·fHOUGHT' OF A RELAXATION OF SECURITY POLICY '• WE HAVE , ALWAYS · STOOD FIRMLY WITH THE GUARANTEES THE NATO A~~1ANCE' HAS GIVEN us~ TODA~ ONE CAN WELL ! SEE THE I MP ORT ANCE THE COOPERATION WI TH OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES HAS HAD FOR us· AND OUR POSIT .IONo UNQTE HE ALSO EXPRESSED BEL1EF SOME WP COUNTRIES MUST HAVE PARTICIPATED IN ' INfERVE~TiON WITH QTE RELUCTANCE. UNQTE 
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3o PRlMIN BORTEN1 AFTER SPEC1AL CABINET SESSION AUG 211 SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS QTE APPALLED UNQTE BY THE ' INTERVENTiON1 THAT GOVERNMENT MEMBERS FELT CASE MUST BE f BROUGHT BEFORE UN IN SOM~ 
MANNER. FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENT TO BE SUMMONED 
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4• SPOKESMEN FOR ALL ' POLlTlCAL P~RTIES HAVE SIMlLARLV EXPRESS~D SHOCK AND DISMAY AT DEVELOPMENTS• COMMUNIST PARTY SECRETARIAT ­PUB~1SHED RESOLUTION DEMANDING WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS ~ND QTE i CONDEMNING ALL ATTEMPTS TO INTERFERE BY FORCE IN iNTERNAL AFFAIRS OF OTHER NAT IONS ci UNQTE RESOLUTION TO BE ' SENT AL.L ' WP COUNTRIES AND · ALL CPS o LABOR PARTY SCHEDULING MASS RALLY EVEN I NG AUG 2 2 • C 0 NS ERV A T I VE PARTY H 0 L D .JNG, DEM 0NS T R AT·r0 N MEETING SAME EVENING, AND SOVIET EMBASSY HAS . BEEN OBJECT OF MASSIVE DEMONSTRATIONS IN ADDITION THOSE REFTEL~ BOVEY 
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