HC Deb 27 June 1984 vol 62 c481W
36. Mr. Lawrence

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will discuss the continued jamming of British Broadcasting Corporation external services broadcasts with the Soviet Foreign Minister when he meets him in Moscow in the next month.

Mr. Whitney

As my hon. Friend the Minister of State, the hon. Member for Edinburgh, Pentlands (Mr. Rifkind) stated in the House on 15 May, at column 115, we shall take suitable opportunities to remind the Soviet authorities of our strong feelings about the continued jamming of BBC services in the Soviet Union which contravenes the spirit and letter of the Helsinki final act as well as article 35 of the convention of the International Telecommunications Union of which the Soviet Union is a signatory.

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