§ 30. Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the names of newspapers from Western European countries and the United States of America now distributed in the Soviet Union, following the provision of Basket III in the Helsinki Agreement; how many copies of each are distributed on average each day; and if he will make a statement about how freely available these are to Soviet citizens.
§ Mr. HattersleyI can speak only for the British newspapers which are distributed in the Soviet Union. According to our information these areThe Times, the Financial Times and the Morning Star. We have detailed sales figures for The Times and the Financial Times 567W only; the former has 191 copies distributed daily, of which 151 are sent to personal subscribers, and the latter sells a total of 150 copies, of which about 100 are sent direct to subscribers. Those copies of both newspapers which are available for sale to the public can, we believe, be bought at airports and Intourist hotels only.