Originally Posted by
Asturias56
The only answer is to do what the SVR were apparently doing in Moscow - buying a lot of steam driven typewriters................. but then maybe they were on special..........
It was noticeable pre Glasnost that any Soviet aircraft we had in at Farnborough would get a 'visit' by a van labelled 'Currys' or 'Dixons' just prior to its departure and they would deliver dozens of anonymous cardboard boxes to the aircraft.