On March 23, 1981, I received a telephone call from Mr. Victor Tagashov, an official at the Soviet embassy .in Washington. He asked me to respond to four questions (see below), the replies to be published by TASS. I asked for a written copy of the questions and promised a written answer. He agreed, and after receipt I sent him my answers with a specific request to publish them in full and to send me copies of the papers in which they were published.