I wish to refer to your letter of 23rd May, 1947, in which you
inform me that the Soviet authorities knew nothing about the
system of microphones, fourteen in number, recently discovered to
have been installed at the building in Moscow occupied by the
Legation of Australia.

Since my previous letter and the reply from yourself, a full and
complete report has been received by the Government.

That report establishes that there was no unjustifiable haste in
sending my previous letter and that, far from our protest being
baseless, as your letter suggested, it was well-founded and based
upon indisputable facts and, in the circumstances, our protest was
most restrained in character.

As the Soviet Government, however, denied all knowledge of this
microphonic system, the Australian Government assumes that its
representatives at Moscow will always be given the full privileges
and immunities which are accorded to diplomatic representatives
and also the consideration which my Government has always been
most willing to extend to the representatives of the Soviet
Government in Australia.