82. Mr. Alan Lee Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the recent official commercial arrangements for printing and publication in Great Britain of a Russian/ English periodical, Sputnik, what official arrangements exist on a comparable basis for British publications in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
§ Mr. William Rodgers:The Soviet publication to which my hon. Friend refers is a monthly magazine published in this country by the Daily Mirror, through a commercial arrangement with the Soviet Government-controlled agency, Novosti.
The British Russian-language quarterly Angliais published by the Central Office of Information and distributed in the Soviet Union by the press distribution organisation of the Ministry of Communications. It is limited by the Soviet Authorities to a maximum distribution for sale of 50,000 copies per issue. There is, of course, no limit placed on the circulation of Sputnik.