RECENT COMMUNIST 'CONCILIATORY' GESTURES AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE ORBIT AND THE NON-COMMUNIST WORLD

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RECENT COMMUNIST "CONCILIATORY" GESTURES AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN
THE ORBIT AND THE NON-COMMUNIST WORLD
There is submitted herewith a chronological listing of
(1) recent "conciliatory" tactics pursued by the USSR and the
European Satellites toward non-Orbit countries, (2) trade de-
velopments and (3) East-West contacts. The period of the
Geneva conference was selected in an attempt to determine
whether the tactics had been specifically designed to support
Communist claims to "reasonableness" while at the conference
table. Even though some "softening" of "splitting" tactics
may have been aimed specifically at the British, French or
other nations, the general activity is the fruition of efforts
begun some time ago.
The Orbit program of cultural, scientific and athletic
exchange, although not novel in concept, appears to have
reached a new high. Spot checks of comparable periods in
previous years suggest that planning and arrangements began
after Stalin's death more than a year ago and that the program
has increased steadily to its present impressive level. The
exchange of individuals and delegations between the Orbit and
non-Communist countries and the holding of international con-
ferences of front organizations have been the devices most
frequently used in advancing the program. In promoting its
offensive, Moscow has run the gamut of cultural expression--
from weight lifting to the ballet.
A seasonal factor accounts in part for the present level,
in that it is easier to go to and from Moscow during the summer.
The cultural contacts made by Orbit peoples this year will prob-
ably lead to a further increase during the spring and summer of
1955, particularly since exchanges with the Orbit are becoming
more "respectable" in some countries.
The program was probably designed to support the policy
of "easing world tensions" proclaimed by the Malenkov regime,
and may also have been expected to assist the international
Communist policy of united front tactics. The abandonment of
Stalin's harsh isolationism and the loosening of security '
policies by the new regime permitted the lifting of the iron
curtain to some foreigners.
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General Orbit "Conciliatory" Tactics
Since Geneva .............................. 1
Trade and Related Developments ................. 7
Recent Cultural, Scientific and
Athletic Exchanges Between the
Orbit and the Non-Communist World......... 11
Western Hemisphere ......................... 12
Europe .................................... 13
Near East and South Asia .................. 19
Far East .................................. 21
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In the economic field, there has been a considerable
increase in the movement of trade delegations between the
bloc and the non-Communist world, with numerous individuals
being invited to Moscow. Both the USSR and the, European
Satellites have continued earlier efforts to establish trade
representation in Western countries. An example is the.^urrent
East German plan to set up permanent but "unofficial" trade
delegations in five Western European countries.
The Orbit has continued to expand its participation in
UN organizations and UN-sponsored economic meetings, and ex-
tensive exhibitions are planned for trade fairs scheduled for
the summer and early fall. Communist attempts to expand trade
with old partners and to conclude agreements with new coun-
tries have continued.
Soviet propaganda played a double role during this period,
simultaneously appealing to the West with intimations of peace-
ful intent while making abundantly clear the alleged threat to
peace arising from "aggressive" US foreign policy. A careful.
balance was maintained by the Kremlin's propagandists lest the
focus on "peaceful intentions" be interpreted as an indication
of Soviet weakness. Thus, propaganda reiterated admonitions
contained in speeches of top leaders that the Soviet Union,
while desiring peace, was prepared to meet aggression with might.
The chronology as devised should be regarded with caution
lest its one-sided nature give th- impression that over-all
Soviet policy Ma undergone a marked shift toward conciliation.
The chronology does not include negative indicators such 's the
continuation at a high level of anti-American and anti-EDC
propaganda, notable in Satellite as well as Soviet output, or
harshly worded notes of protest -- both of which are almost
as characteristic as the tactics described here.
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GENERAL ORBIT "CONCILIATORY"
TACTICS SINCE GENEVA
National Day.
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constitution, thus becoming a member of that specialized
UN agency. The USSR adhered to the.UNESCO constitution
26 April The conference of foreign ministers opened in Geneva.
26 April The USSR without qualification, adhered to the ILO
on 21 April.
29 April At the fourth meeting on Spandau prison regulations
with the three Western powers, the Soviet Union agreed
to several improvements in prison conditions and re-
laxed rules for burial, after years of opposition to
such changes.
1 May The Satellite May Day celebrations played down emphasis
on anti-West, anti-American propaganda themes except in
the case of the GDR. 25X1
6 May General Grechko, commander of the Soviet forces in Ger-
many, visited the American and French militar command-
ers at their zonal headquarters. 25X1
8 May The Soviet press stated that a Churchill speech calling
for the improvement of relations between Britain and
the USSR had given rise to favorable comments in leading
Soviet circles. F7 I 25X1
12 May
The Ukrainian and Byelorrussia SSR's asked for member-
ship in ILO.
21 May The first known passport and exit visa since last Oct-
ober was granted by Czechoslovakia to the wife of a
US citizen in a case in which the US embassy had not
made previous representations. 25X1
22 May Bulgaria and Greece agreed to terms for re-establishing
formal diplomatic relations. Both countries have since
designated chargds. 25X1
25 May High Czechoslovak officials, including the foreign min-
ister and foreign trade minister, attended a reception
given by the Argentine ambassador in Prague, celebrating
Argentina's
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25 May Soviet dignitaries attended a re ti n given by the
Argentine ambassador in Moscow. 25X1
26 May The USSR assigned military and naval attaches to India.
27 May Soviet naval.forces departed the Black Sea and entered
the Mediterranean destined for Albania for the first
time since World War II. 25X1
28 May Foreign minister Molotov paid a courtesy call on top 25X1
Swiss officials, the first official call in histor b
a high Soviet official on the Swiss government.
June
& July
Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania
indicated a desire to increase their activities in
various UN agencies including ILO'ana UNESCO.
1 June The East German Interior Ministry announced the aboli- 25X1
tion of travel restrictions for the Baltic coastal
1 June The Bulgarian government appointed Kosta Lambrev Diven
as temporary charge d'Affaires in Athens and has re-
quested Greek approval to appoint a minister pleni-
potentiary.
4 June The Soviet government accepted responsibility and
apologized for discourteous treatment of Yugoslav
diplomats in Moscow, in an unusual admission of error
for the USSR.
8-15 June At the Danube Commission meeting in Budapest, the
Yugoslav delegates received ver" -=~nlicitous treatment
and their views on all, matters, both technical and
procedural, were accepted.
8-9 June Swedish Foreign Minister Unden started a ten da un-
official visit to the Soviet Union. 25X1
10 June The British ambassador's reception for the Queens'
Birthday in Mosco' . as attended by Soviet dignitaries
including Mikoan, and Marshals Zhukov and Sokolovsky.
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11 June Soviet premier Malenkov told East German premier
Grotewohl in Moscow that the Soviet Unr'n would con _
sider favorably any appeals from interested circles
in West Germany for the establishment of economic and
cultural relations with the USSR. .25X1
11 June
fication law.
12 June The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that
the Czech Legation in Athens had resumed its actitivies,
15 June The Soviet invitation, extended through ECAFE, to send
agricultural and industrial experts on an inspection
tour of the USSR was accepted by the Japanese govern-
ment.
The Soviet Union suddenly reversed its stand and agreed
in the Allied Council to approve a Vienna boundary modi-
The Bulgarian newspaper, Rabotnichesko Delo, made a
strong overture for friendship between D-ul-garia and
Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. 25X1
Peiping announced that. it would send a charge d'Affaires
to London with the same position and duties of the
British charge in Peiping. 25X1
17 June The USSR and Israel raised their respective legations
to Embassies, and Alexander Abramov was given the rank
of Ambassador to Israel. 25X1 F_ I
18 June The Bulgarian government stated that it is ready to
sign an agreer?^nt with *ru-key on the solving of border
problems, and promised to do "everything in its power
to strengthen peace in the Balkans." 25X1
18 June The Rumanian' government reported tha+ `he appointment
of Nicolaie Gina as ambassador to Yugoslavia had been
18 June
accepted by Yugoslavia. 25X1
WesteA and Satellite-countries. 25X1
Soviet service attaches in Rome continued a campaign
of friendship, andhospitality by giving a party for.
attaches and military representatives of eleven
19 June A delegation of British Labor leaders toured Poland
at Polish invitation. 25X1
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19 June East Germany announced a railway agreement with West
Germany which became effective on 15 July 54. The
number of trains was doubled each way from 6 to 12
daily.
world that it i.: turning its energies to peaceful pur-
suits, announced that a plant, powered by atomic energy
was already in operation in the USSR.
The Soviet Union and France signed an agreement to es- 25X1
tablish a Paris-Moscow air link with a stopover in
22 June The USSR reportedly agreed to renew for one year the
1930 fishing agreement with the UK. 25X1
23 June An East German ordinance that eased restrictions within 25X1
a five-kilometer-wide border zone along the boundary
with. West Germany became effective.
25X1
23-3C June On his return from Geneva Chou En-lai had interviews
with Mendes-France, Nehru, and the Burmese Premier.
25 June The last group of 38 lend lease ships being returned
by the USSR was delivered to US naval forces in Istanbul.
26 June The USSR requested the Greek foreign office to permit
the assignement of a naval attachd to Athens.
27 June Moscow, in a strong propaganda bid to convince the
3-5 July
Prague.
Czech officials, including the foreign minister, attended
the reception given by the Canadian char a d'affaires
on Canadian National Day. 25X1
The Hungarian government, after two years of repeated
Western requests, invited the US Minister and other
Western chiefs of mission to visit a collective farm.
The Minister stated that the Hungarian government
during the past several months has been more cordial
in its formal relations with the West than previously.
back
The first official USAF flight into Prague since 1950
was made on 3-5 July to transport Ambassador Johnson
from Geneva to Prague, for a 4 July reception, and
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4 July The Polish embassy in London was reported as arrang-
ing for the visit of 12 Labor Party members to Poland
during September for an extended tour.
4 July The USSR began returning 300 prisoners of Iranian
nationality, who were freed under the Soviet amnesty
decree, to Iran.
relations with West German, according to the press.
4 July Five Polish cabinet officers attended the US embassy's
reception for first time since the end of the war.
5 July Representatives of Rumanian and Yugoslav railways
opened a conference in Belgrade to conclude a
border railway convention between the two.`ttountries.
8 July Soviet deputy foreign trade minister Kumykin declared.
at Geneva that the USSR would react favorably to any
.steps aiming at a resumption of cultural and economic
8-12 July At an Evangelical Church Congress in Leipzig,.free-
dom was permitted in discussions and movements. The
West Germans-were encouraged to call for further con-
tacts, between East and West Germany.
9 July The Soviet acting high commissioner told the Austrian
chancellor that the USSR is prepared to turn over
Soviet zone land and assets for the Salzburg-Vienna
autobahn, with payment to be part of the lump sum
scheduled in the state treaty.
The Soviet press announced the naming of D. A. Zhukov
A Soviet naval squadron visited Helsinki, Finland for
several days.
Council, Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew.
A Yugoslav YAK-9 which lost its way and landed at
Pecs, Hungary about 25 June was released and flown
out by its pilot the following da ccording to a
Yugoslav diplomat in Budapest. 25X1
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15 July
15 July
Indian Major General Sokhey was awarded a Stalin
Peace Prize in Moscow.
Czechoslovakia released six US army men and
officer in good condition and unharmed.
The East German Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
invited delegates of British Labor Party to tour
East Germany.
15 July The Soviet acting high commissioner told the Austrian
chancellor that the USSR was granting flood aid to
Austria.
16 July
naval squadrons.
an exchange visit of
17 July Following the conclusion of a new trade pact the USSR
and Finland issued a joint declaration on foreign
'policy and raised their missions to embassies.
21 July Soviet Deputy Minister Vishinsky told a Japanese
delegation that the USSR hoped to establish formal
diplomatic relations with Japan "as soon as possible"
and to expand economic and cultural activities.
21 July Geneva Conference closed with signing of cease-fire
agreements for Indochina.
24 July The Soviet Union sent a note to the Western powers
calling for an all-European conference on European
security.
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TRADE AND RENTED DEVELOPMENTS
28 April The USSR-Netherlands trade agreement was renewed.
29 April The USSR and Afghanistan signed a credit agree-
ment whereb'r the USSR would extend $600,000
credit to Afghanistan for the construction of
gasoline storage facilities.
30 April The USSR and Lebanon signed a trade agreement
for the first time since World War II, providing
primarily for an exchange of Soviet machinery
and tools for Lebanese fruits and vegetables.
2 May A Greek government trade delegation to Rumania
7 May Rumanian and Israeli officials in Bucharest
agreed to conclude their first trade pact.
7 May
11 May
11 May
13 May
18 May
21. May
27 May
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The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet ratified
the agreement granting a loan to Finland.
A Hungarian trade mission held a long interview
with the Chilean Minister of Economy.
Czechoslovakia and Turkey a reed to expand their
trade in the near future.
Rumania and Norway signed their first postwar
trade and payments agreement.
The 1954 trade protocol was signed recently
The Yugoslav press announced the signing "re-
cently" of a barter trade agreement with Hungary
for the exchange of goods valued at about $2,500,000.
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2 June Czechoslovakia
in Budapest.
7 June
9 June
9 June
13 June
16 June
17 June
17 June
18 June
19 June
24 June
made an attractive Diu to tine aignan goveraw eu i
to carry out oil exploration and development in
northern Afghanistan. The offer is reported to
include training of Afghan oil technicians in
Czechoslovakia.
The Hungarian-Greek trade agreement was renewed
trade delegation arrived in Moscow.
The Danish Minister of Labor heading a Danish
Argentine trade.
The Czech-Norwegian trade agreement was renewed
in Prague
It was reported that the USSR plans to send a
9-man trade delegation to Argentina to work out
some special aspects in the trade agreement be-
tween the two countries, which has already ac-
counted for a substantial expansion in Soviet-
Poland and Israel signed their first formal trade
agreement.
The Soviet-Iranian trade agreement was renewed.
The Indian-Hungarian trade agreement was re-
newed.
Two Japanese Diet members arrived in the Soviet
Union for trade talks.
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The Soviet-Icelandic trade agreement was renewed
in Moscow.
accept further projects.
1 -1
The Soviet Embassy in Kabul presented the Afghan
government with a 70-page list of economic aid
projects and was reported urging Afghanistan to
25 June A new Czechoslovak-Danish trade agreement reportedly
provided for a 25 percent increase in trade over
the 1953-54 level. 25X1
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25 June Czechoslovakia--in a move unprecedented in
recent years--agreed to permit the assign-
ment of a Canadian customs inspector to the
country to investigate fair market values for
Czech goods to be exported to Canada. The
Czechs also agreed to resume payments on de-
faulted export credit obligations of $10,000,000.
25 June An exhibition of industrial and agricultural
production of the USSR opened in Copenhagen.
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25 June East Germany established a permanent foreign
trade office in Vienna, bringing the total of
such missions to three. The other two-are
located in Helsinki and Cairo.
Hungary and Indonesia renewed their trade agree-
ment.
late June Czechoslovakia informed the U.K. that it would
like to resume consular activities in Hamburg
in order to facilitate Czech trade through that
city.
3 July Moscow rolled out the red carpet for a delega-
tion of Japanese Diet members returning from the
Stockholm Peace Congress. The Soviet authorities
offered the Japanese prospects of increased trade,
fishing concessions, and the return of Japanese
prisoners still held in the USSR.
8 July The Czech-Indonesian trade agreement was renewed
in Prague.
9 July The Soviet Union has invited Venezuela and other
Latin American republics to send delegations to
the USSR to study trade possibilities in the fall.
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17 July The Soviet Union and Finland signed a new
five-year trade pact, including an increase
in Finnish exports averaging 10% over that
planned for 1954.
19 July At the International Whaling Conference held
in Tokyo the Soviet delegate issued an invita-
tion for the seventh meeting of the International
Whaling Commission to be held in Moscow in 1956.
21 July Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vyshinsky announced
to the Japanese Diet delegation that three Soviet
trade officials were on their way to Tokyo to
negotiate with Japanese business representatives
for the sale of Soviet manganese, lumber, and
coal.
late July A Soviet delegation was reported to be present
for the opening of the International Economic Fair
in Djarkarta. 1 -1 25X1
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BETWEEN THE ORBIT AND THE NON-COMMUNIST WORLD"
Conferences iueiudiag Communist and non-Cowwunist participation
1954
26 April - 1 May
International Federation of Journalists -
Bordeaux (Biannual congress).
22 May - 7 June Paris International Fair.
23 - 28 May
29 May - 6 June
7 June
14 June
18 - 3Q June
19'- 23 June
20 - 22 June
11 July
18 - 27 July
19 July
28 July
Extraordinary session of the World Peace Council -
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Second International Medico-Surgical Reunion -
Turin, Italy.
Eleventh Cos of Soviet Trade Unions -
Moscow.
Sixth International Cancer Congress - Sao Paulo, 25X1
Fourth International Film Festival - Berlin.
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Congress for Relaxation of International Tension
(WPC - sponsored) - Stockholm, Sweden.
45X1
WFTU Trade Union Congress (European) - East
International Film Festival
- Karlovy Vary,
International Youth Meeting (IUS) - Oslo, Nor-
International Whaling Conference - Tokyo.
International Conference of Theoretical Physics
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31 July - 8 Aug Twelfth World University Games - Budapest.
1 August All-Union Agricultural Exhibition - Moscow.
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A delegation from the Association of Uniteu Ukr.anian
11 May It was reported that a Russian chess team will visit
the United States. 0 25X1
12 May
15 May
20 May.
Western Hemisphere
Canadians arrived in Moscow. 0 25X1
Moscow.
A Rio de Janeiro Communist newspaper announced that
a Brazilian trade union delegation is visiting in
A Polish pianist was re orted making a concert tour
of South America.
8 June The Czechoslovak Foreign Office requested US visas
for six Czech churchmen, three to participate in a
July Presbyteri
to attend an Au
an conference in Prin
ust world Lutheran c
ceton,
onferen
and three
ce in
Chicago.
19 June Tiran Nersoyan, Archbishop of the :Ar
menian
Church'in 25X1
the United States, was reported visi
He attended the funeral of the Patri
ting th
arch of
e USSR.
the
Armenian Church and spent 3 weeks in
Soviet
Armenia.
13 July The Soviet Embassy requested that th
e State
Department
transmit an invitation to the Depart
culture. Five representatives were
ment of
invited
Agri-
to attend
the Moscow Agricultural Exhibition with expenses paid
by the Soviet government. 0 25X1
August The Foreign Office applied for visas for a group of
fifteen editors of student and youth newspapers of
Soviet Union" to visit the United States for three
weeks during August reciprocating the American
editors' visit to the Soviet Union,
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Europe'
22 April A delegation of British peace fighters arrived in
Poland at the invitation of the Polish Peace Defenders
Committee.
23 April A Yugoslav TANYUG representatives arrived in Moscow.
29 April A delegation of the USSR Academy of Sciences left
Moscow for Belgium to participate in a conference on
the gasification of fuel.
10 May
10 May
10 May
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been invited to Moscow by the Ministry of Culture.
TASS reported that a group of
A delegation of the France-Albania society arrived in
0
Seven Ulstermen began a
Union at the invitation
of Soviet Trade Unions,
tending May Day celebrations.
three-week visit to the Soviet
of the President of the Congress
25X1
An Italian delegation departed for Moscow after at-
I
A Polish Academy of Sciences delegation left for Pariso
The Federation of Yugoslav Students was invited to
send observers to the 24 August meeting of the Inter-
national Students Union in Moscow. 25X1
11 May Otto Nus^hke, GDR Deputy Premier, praised the Pope's
Easter message in an interview with a correspondent
of L'Unita,
11 May An Italian students' delegation arrived in Moscow at
the invitation of the anti-Fascist Soviet youth com-
mittee,
11 May A Danish workers' delegation arrived in the Soviet
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12 May A delegation from the Finland-USSR Society visiting
Georgia left for Rostov.
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14 May
15 May
15 May
A delegation of 17 Finnish students arrived in
Moscow.
A delegation of Soviet scientists left Moscow for
AScotish.cultural delegation of the Scotland-USSR
Friendship Society arrived in Moscow.
Dutch astronomer Pieter Oosterhoff arrived in Moscow
to attend the reopening of the astronomical observa-
tory of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
A French pianist arrived in Poland at the invitation
15 May A delegation of French women arrived in Moscow at the
,invitation of VOKS.
21 May A Finnish youth delegation arrived in the Soviet Union
at the invitation of the anti-Fascist Committee of
Soviet youth.
28 May Soviet sc-ntists left for England on 28 May to attend
the International Conference on Strains and Stresses
on. Metals at High Temperatures.
29 May Soviet scientists left Moscow on 29 May to attend an
ornithological congress in Basel, Switzerland.
of the Committee for Foreign Cultural Cooperation.
Late May A delegation of Soviet teachers arrived in Britain at 25X1
the invitation of the British Society for Cultural
Relations with USSR. The delegation visited many
schools and universities in England and Scotland. II
4 - 13 June A soviet women's basketball team participated in the
Fourth Euorpean Women's Basketball Championship Tour- 25X1
nament in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. 0 25X1
4 June
5 June
5 June
Soviet trade union representatives left for Helsinki
to attend the Finnish trade workers congress.
A representative of the USSR Cooperative Union left
Moscow for London to attend the annual Congress of
the Cooperative Union at Scarborough. II 25X1
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8 June A delegation from the USSR Academy of Sciences left
9 June
10 June
11 June
12 June-
16 June
18 June
19 June
19 June
to attend the fourth annual-meeting of the French
Chemistry Society in Paris. I
A British gliding team arrived in Poland to partici-
pate in the Leszno glider contests,.
A Soviet youth delegation left for Finland at the
invitation of Finnish youth organizations.
0
A Danish soccer team left Copenha en for a series of
matches in the Soviet Union,
Federation Congress.
A Soviet football delegation left Moscow for Switzer-
land, to take part in the International Football
Sovie.t oarsmen left for London for the Henley Royal
Regatta.
It was reported that a Budapest soccer
pete with a French team in Paris on 21 June. 25X1
,A Soviet athletic delegation arrived in Rome for the
world gymnastics championships.
system of the Soviet Union,
A Soviet delegation of education workers met British
teachers in London, and discussed the educational
21 June A French football team, left Moscow after spending
two weeks in the USSR and after playing a number of
21 June
21 June
23 June
A Swedish women's delegation arrived in Moscow from
Leningrad.
Hungarian and Polish fencers participated in the world-
championship fencing matches in Luxembourg. Q 25X1
USSR Peace Committee.
The president of the Peace Champions of Finland ar-
rived in Moscow on 23 June at the invitation of the
23 June Jean Paul Sartre left the Soviet Union after a one-month
visit made at the invitation of the Union of Soviet
Writers.
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20 - 26 June It was reported that an East German delegation wou d
attend a meeting of a literary group in Amsterdam. u
23 June A large group of Soviet sportsmen left for Helsinki'to
take part in contests marking the traditional festival
of the Finnish Workers Sports Union. 0 25X1
25 June it was reportedthat champion amateur Hungarian,
Austrian and French cyclists would compete'in the sec-
ond heat of the international races to be held on 26
and 27 June in Paris- 25X1
25 June A delegation of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR,
left Moscow for Paris to participate in the work of
the international conference on the study of electron
coating.
30 June
1 July
1 July
1 July
1 July
2 July
2 July
A delegation of Swedish doctors arrived in Moscow at
the invitation of the USSR Ministry of Public Health
to study health services in the Soviet Union,
Two leading Soviet women chess players left Moscow for
London to take part in the chess tournament between
Soviet and British players.
A delegation of Soviet educational workers left for
Geneva to participate in the 17th International Educa-
tion Conference. 25X1
A delegation of Soviet scientists left Moscow for Paris
to take part in the Eighth International Botanical
Congress.
A Soviet trade union delegation left for Helsinki to
attend the congress of Finland's Municipal Workers'
Union,
A delegation of Italian women consisting of workers,
teachers, physicians, lawyers and civic leaders ar-
rived in Moscow at the invitation of the Anti-Fascist
Committee of Soviet Women. 25X1
Soviet Red Cross delegates left Moscow for London at
the invitation of the British Red Cross. 0 25X1
3 July A delegation of French sportsmen was reported by TASS
to be in Moscow as the guests of the physical training
and sports committee, under the Council of Ministers
of the USSR.
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6 July
A Danish students' delegation arrived in Moscow.
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German Evangelical Church leaders who had been visit-
ing the USSR as guests of the Patriarch of Moscow left
Moscow.
7 July It was reported that representatives of Czechoslo-tkia
and the USSR would take part in the world-championship
parachute 4ump contests in France beginning on 2 Aug-
ust 1954.
8 July It was reported that a group of folk dancers from East
Germany would entertain at the Democratic Youth Festi-
val opening in Paris on 11 July 1954.1 25X1
8 July A Norwegian workers' delegation arrived in the Soviet
8 July International rowing contests between teams of the
Soviet Union, Finland and Sweden opened in Leningrad.
9 July TASS reported that Soviet artists were touring Norway
at the invitation of the Norway-USSR Society.
Stalingrad arrived in
10 July Soviet astronomers left Moscow for Liege to attend the
session of the executive committee of the International
Astronomical Union, 25X1
12 July A five-member delegation from
Finland to tour the country.
13 July
13 July
15 July
15 July
16 July
16 July
0
A Norwegian football team left Moscow for Kiev.
25X1
25X1
0
Soviet scientists left Moscow for Great Britain to
attend a neuro-chemistry conference.
A delegation from the Swedish-USSR Society arrived in
the USSR at the invitation of YOKS.
Soviet physicians left for Helsinki to study the work
of health organizations.
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A Soviet football team left for Austria at the
tation of Austrian sports organizations.
Soviet students left Moscow for London to visit
universities and colleges.
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mittee arrived in Moscow.
17 July
18 July
19 July
0
A group of. Soviet medical scientists left Moscow for
Switzerland to attend a gynecological congress.
d
A Danish youth delegation, led by the Secretary Gen-
eral of theYMCA, arrived in Moscow.
A group of Soviet scientists left "Rrscow to attend an
,international congress on meteorites at Manchester,
England.
21 July A group of Italian trade nion officials and workers
arrived in Sofia at the invitation of the Central
Council of Bulgarian Trade Unions.
:23 July
The. Czech government.in -tted France to
at-:the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Judge`,,.
26 July A West German youth delegation left for Moscow for a
study tour through the Soviet Union.
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Two members of a Russian weight-lifing team were
decorated by the Lebanese government for breaking
May The USSR took steps to lease a choice location
the new cultural center in Athens.
15 May Soviet Minister Abramov and wife visited Histadr at
headquarters and stated that practical mutual'elations
between the Soviet Union and Israel would grow in
strength. He said that he would welcome close persona,
contact between Histadrat and Soviet Legation offi-
19 May It was reported that the Soviet ballet company, whose
Paris concert was cancelled, will appear in Cairo in
mid-June.
20 May Five Soviet architects arrived in Athens from Moscow
to attend the session of the Executive Committee of
the International Union of Architects.
1 June A delegation from the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria
and Lebanon was reported planning to go to Moscow
during the summer for the 100th anniversary of the
Antioch atriarchy's representation in the Soviet
Union.
12 June It was reported that a group of Algerian doctors are
in the Soviet Union as guests of VOKS and the Ministry
of Public Health.
16 June A professor,,, 'at Calcutta Science College and three post-
graduate students from Calcutta University have been
invited by the State University of Moscow to visit the
18 June A new Soviet cultural center opened in Damascus with
an extensive supply of books and magazines in Arabic,
French, English and Armenian. . 25X1
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5 July Molotov received an Indian delegation to the Stockholm25X1
conference for the easing of tension in international
relations. The delegation was in Moscow at the in-
vitation of the Soviet Peace Committee and VOKS.
12 July A delegation of representatives of Indian railway
men touring the Soviet Union spent two days in Stalin-25X1
grad.
14 July An Indian trade union delegation visited Uzbekistan.
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21 July An Indian delegation headed by Mrs. Rameshvari Nehru
was.reported to be in the USSR sightseeing and visiting
institutions. 25X1
Mid-August An Indian Cultural mission, including dancers and Hindu-
stani and Carnatic musicians, was scheduled to leave
in mid-August for a six-week tour of the Soviet Union.
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Far East
Doctor Yusuke Hagiwara of Tokyo Observatory was in-
vited by the USSR Academy of Science to`visit the
Soviet Union. F_ I
14 May It was reported that the President of the Japanese
Fishery Association would go to the Soviet Union
to negotiate on fishing operations by the Japanese
in northern waters.
14 May Soviet wrestlers arrived in Tokyo and claimed they
were not just sportsmen but were peace representatives
of the Soviet Union. 25X1
2 July A delegation of Japanese Peace Partisans arrived in
Moscow at the invitation of the Soviet Peace Defense
Committee.
July The Indonesian Mine Workers Union received an invita-
tion.from the UI of Miners to attend the Second
International Mine Workers Union Conference in Prague
in December.
5 July Sixteen Japanese members of Parliament arrived in
Moscow at the invitation of the Soviet Cultural Rela-
tions Organization. They had the Japanese government's
blessing for an attempt to obtain the release of
Japanese POW's still held in the USSR. 25X1
29 July Five Indonesian Agricultural Ministry workers were
invited to conduct a one-week ur of agricultural
projects in the Soviet Uniono
1, lugust An Indonesian Women's organization (GERWANI
Communist-front) was reported planning to send ten
women for a three-week tour of the Soviet Union in
reciprocation of a visit of Soviet women in March.
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