Thailand objects to Soviet protest
NZPA-AFP Bangkok Thailand has protested to the Soviet Union over an unusual public spy charge made by its Embassy in Bangkok, the Bangkok “Post” newspaper reported yesterday.
The newspaper, quoting a Foreign Ministry source, said a protest Note was handed to Soviet Ambassador,. Mr Yuri Kuznetsov, who’ was summoned to the Ministry on Thursday. A senior Foreign Ministry official told the envoy of the Government’s displeasure over the use of Thai soil to
“launch attacks against third countries which also had diplomatic relations with Thailand,” the report said. The Soviet Embassy said at a news conference in Bangkok on April 10 that Australian and Japanese secret agents had tried to recruit two Soviet officials to work for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Both Japan and Australia have denied the charge. The United States has maintained its policy of not commenting on intelligence matters.
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