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ALSO REOUESTEO SOVIEI ASSISTANCE IN GETTING THE VESSEL RELEASEO. THE USSR FORWARDED THE CONTENTS OF THIS LETTER TO THE NORTH KOREANS AND ASKED THEM TO PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING SEIZURE OF THE VESSEL. THE NORTH KOREANS DID NOT PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, SO SOVIET REACTION TO THE INCIDENT HAD TO BE BASEO ON INFORMATION WHICH APPEARED IN THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS -
5. THE SOVIET APPROACH TO THE MATTER AS OUTLINED IN THE TELEGRAM IS TO PREVENT DISCUSSION OF THE INCIDENT IN THE UN SECURITY ^CO'JNflL. IF IT IS DISCUSSEO IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL THE SOVIET
REPRESENTATIVE WILL SPEAK ALONG THE LINE OF. POLICY SUPPORTING NORTH KOREA IN EVERY RESPECT. THIS IS THEWHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN IN THE SOVIET PRESS.
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