 On the 'rather clumsily' forged tape, they appear to discuss the sinking of during the Falklands War and agree that Europe would be a target for nuclear weapons in a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.Copies were leaked to the press via a Dutch news agency during the 1983 general election campaign.The U.S. State Department and British Government believed the tape to be propaganda produced by the KGB (as reported by the "San Francisco Chronicle" and "The Sunday Times").