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Published by Department of Foreign Affairs(DFA) on Dec. 5, 2022.
Requested from DFA by M. Mercado at 06:11 PM on
Dec. 5, 2022.
Purpose: For dissertation research (only for academic purpose)
Date of Coverage: 08/01/1979 - 08/31/1979
Tracking no: #DFA-191918364788
Greetings! Kindly requesting for the official DFA documents/ correspondence pertaining to the expulsion of Soviet Ambassador Kushkin on August 1979.
December 6, 2022 Dear Hansen, Thank you for your request dated Dec 05, 2022 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Official documents pertaining to the expulsion of Soviet Ambassador Kushkin on August 1979. We received your request on Dec 05, 2022 and will respond on or before Dec 26, 2022 06:11:22 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations. Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster03202017103000-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERGQS0xOTE5MTgzNjQ3ODgM, for request with ticket number #DFA-191918364788. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Receiving Officer FOI Officer
Response to your request: While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance, upon further evaluation of your request, please be advised that internal documents pertaining to the conduct of foreign affairs are recognized in international law and in the Inventory of Exceptions to Executive Order No. 2, the Order which operationalized the right to information. Therefore, DFA is constrained by law from issuing copies of the subject documents to the public. Thank you. Respectfully, FOI Decision Maker FOI Receiving Officer