Changing Flags?

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By Ned Zeman

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With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Embassy in Washington will likely close down. Soviet trade representatives last week told their U.S. counterparts that by next spring the building will be taken over by diplomats representing the Russian Republic, congressional sources say. The Soviet officials also said that when the takeover occurs, the embassy's new tenants will replace the hammer and sickle with the prerevolutionary flag of Russia. Not to be outdone, Ukraine also plans to open a U.S. embassy and trade office.

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