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phasised that withdrawal of Soviet troops is a pre-condition for any solution of the Afghan problem. The Iranian plan has naturally come as an acute embarrassment to the Soviet Union, However, since it has been strenuously trying to improve its relations with Iran, the Soviet Union has carefully avoided commenting on the plan. The silence was broken only by the report by Tass of the Kabul regime's rejection of the Iranian plan.