In connection with your letter of July 2nd I am instructed to
inform you that by the motives expounded in the note of May 23rd
of this year the Soviet Government has already rejected the
demarche undertaken by you on the installation of the microphones
as if by Soviet Authorities taken place in the building of the
Australian Legation in Moscow. At the present time it follows its
statement made in the note of May 23rd and does not see the
necessity to return to this problem.

As to the position of the Australian Legation in Moscow it is
known that the Legation enjoys all diplomatic privileges on the
equal footing with diplomatic representatives of other countries
in the USSR and the Soviet Government considers that there is not
any ground for discussion of this question.