Operation FOOT
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Operation FOOT
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Operation FOOT was the expulsion of 105 Soviet officials from Great Britain carried out by Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Edward Heath in September 1971 as part of the Cold War. It is "[t]he largest expulsion of intelligence officials by any government in history." It "was a British response to the general Soviet plan to advance terrorist activities in the West." Though Britain had engaged in "tit-for-tat" expulsions previously, the expulsion of 105 diplomats was "unprecedented" and "sent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_FOOT
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2023-05-20T15:59:40Z
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