DIPLOMACY PERSONA NON GRATA INSURANCE IN HIS OFFICE IN RURAL MAIDENHEAD, INSURANCE 
BROKER JOHN DOBBIN OPENED HIS LONDON TIMES LAST WEEK, SCANNED THE 
BIG STORY FROM MOSCOW, AND REACHED APPREHENSIVELY FOR A LIST OF 
HIS CLIENTS . HE BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF . OF 
THE TEN BRITISH AND U.S . DIPLOMATS WHO HAD BEEN DECLARED 
PERSONA NON GRATA BY THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT, NONE HAD INSURED HIS 
STAY IN MOSCOW WITH J.N . DOBBIN & CO . SINCE 
1960, THE FIRM HAS OFFERED A UNIQUE POLICY TO PROTECT WESTERN 
DIPLOMATIC AND MILITARY OFFICERS AGAINST THE PRIME HAZARD OF ASSIGNMENT TO 
MOSCOW : SUDDEN EXPULSION, AND THE OFTEN CONSIDERABLE PERSONAL LOSS THAT 
IT INVOLVES, FROM THE COST OF RUSSIAN LESSONS TO THE TAB 
FOR THE FAREWELL PARTY . FOR A $210 ANNUAL PREMIUM, A 
WESTERN FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER CAN GET THE $5,000 PERSONA NON GRATA 
COVERAGE FOR TWO YEARS, THE AVERAGE TOUR OF DUTY . AS 
THE WORD OF DOBBIN'S DIPLOMATIC COVERAGE GOT AROUND, PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO 
THE OTHER IRON CURTAIN CAPITALS HAVE ALSO SENT TO MAIDENHEAD FOR 
P.N.G . POLICIES . TO DATE, DOBBIN AND HIS CLIENTS HAVE 
BEEN LUCKY . OF SOME 50 DIPLOMATS THUS INSURED, ONLY TWO 
HAVE COLLECTED CONSOLATION MONEY . 