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(Listed below are the individual societies of friendship and/or cultural
relations iY Soviet VOKS and its Chinese, Korean and East Turopean
sate lice 1sponsor. The identity of the sponsoring Communist country
can be determined-by the title unless otherwise indicated.),
J
a, Albanian Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
as_ appears to be; the Albanian counterpart of the Soviet, VOKS,
which supports societies of friendship with Albania. in foreign
countries,
Albanian-Soviet Friendship Association
Officers (1955) :
President:
Vice President;
vice President:
Argentina .v
Hysni KAPO
MistQ TRESKA
Nexhmije HOXHA
a. Argentine Association of Chinese Culture (Asociacion Argentina
de Cl *a, China, AACC)
-Ad clsep : Charcas 1242, Buenos Aires
Officers:
Secretary:
price President:
'ub1jc i
Serafina WARSCHAVER de GIUDICE
Juan C. CAS TIGNIAb.
Subsi; ganizations:
The .AA?CCc includes the following activity sections:
Section Fconomica (Economic Section)
Se.ccion de Literature y Periodismo (Newspaper and
Literature Section)
Section Arte (Art Section)
Section Teatro (Theater Section)
Section Juve-nil (Juvenile Section)
b, The Frederic Chopin Cultural Society (Polish)
c. Adam Mickiewicz Polish Culture Club
Argentine Yugoslav Institute of Cultural Relations
(Institute Relations Culturales Argentina Yugoslavia)
Officers :
President: NicQ1a44BFI.Q Moreno
'i Pr.esident: Oscar G.ONZAL ..S
and Vice-Presidep#;.. Conatar.1tinp VEI j
p TQVIC
Ord 4 , e esiaent . Jose Manuel JMCE
ecretary-General: Pablo ROJAS Paz
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Subside Organizations:
/+ Collegiuin Musicum - a mixed chorus of 60 persons, all members
of the Institute
e. Institute of Argentine-S oviet Cultural Relations
ddreee: Bertolome Mitre 2725. Buenow Aires
institute de Relaciones Culturales Argentina-URSS, IRCAU)
Officers; Members of the Consejo Directive (Directive Council)
for 1956 are :
President: Dr, Pablo CHANT 3$OT
First Vice President: Dr.,Atilio GG TI
Second Vice-President: Manuel T. RODRIGT]EZ
General Secretary: Berta PERELSTEIN
Aeeistant General Secretary: Agustin V. PODESTA
Publicn.tis ns:
Egmis-ta etina-URSS (monthly magazine)
S monthly)
Subsidi gan zations:
Branche of t ~At 'are., located in the fp.1lowing cities:
kwd0a, 26,1, Rosario, Santa Fe Province
Caer9 x'10, Cordoba City, Cordoba Province
Meru 9 .# Mendoza City Mendoza _Province
(or 9 de Ju'io 1 Q, Mendoza City)
tlriburu 9~6 Tandil, Province of Buenos Aires
Colon 191, Posadas, Misiones Province
Vera 3027# Santa Fe City, Santa Ve Province
to M t' a de Oro 632, Presidencia Roque Saenz Pena,
A bra oh office is .so to be opened in the :Province
I
of ,cuman.
departments of the TRCAU are under a Library
Lt -e and are as f flows :
;Department of Pedagogy
Department of Motion Pictures
Department of Youth
Department of Chess
Department of Medicine
Department of Economics
Department of Exact Sciences
Department of Architecture
3. Australia
a. Austr~&lia-China Society
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4. Austria
a. Austro Eulgarian Society
Officers:
Chairman:
Professor JAGODITSCH
b. Austro-Czechoslovak Society
This organization has a branch in Land Salzburg.
c. Austro-Hungarian Society
(Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Gesellschaft)
Officers:
President: Dr. Anton KROGNER
Business President: Dr. Josef KAW'AISKY
U. Austro Polish Society
(Oesterreichisch Polnische Gesellschaft)
Address: Bibergasse 4/4 Vienna
Subsidiary Organization: branch at Steyr, Upper Austria
e. Austro-Soviet Friendship Society
(Oesterreichisch-Sowjetische Gesellschaft)
Address: Vienna, Himmelpfootgasse 13
Officers (1956):
President: Professor Dr. Hugo GLASER
Vice Presidents: University Professor Do. Robert
BLEICHSTF;INER, Director of the
Vienna Ethnological Museum
Mrs. Ruth FISCF R
Police President Josef HOLAUBEK
Dr. Otto LANGBEIN (acting)
Ministerialrat Professor Dr. Karl
LUGMAYER, Deputy Chairman of the
Upper House of Parliament.
Secretary: Professor Oskar Maurus FONTANA
Treasurer: nr. Heinrich NAGIER
Secretaries: Martin GRt1ENBERG
Joachim WIFFRMANN
Alfred R CKA
There are 108 members of the E e utive Committee.
Strength: Claimed membership as of June 1953: 47,307
Estimated membership, February 1955: 50,000
Publications: Die Bruecke (monthly)
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Subsidiary Organizations:
Branch Organizations:
Provincial Branch Vienna
Address: Vienna I, Opernring 7/18
Officers: Chairman: Dr. Adolf RASOVSKY
This branch maintains 17 libraries in Vienna.
Provincial Branch Lower Austria
Address: Vienna I, Opernring 7/18
Officers:
Provincial Chairman: Carl ZWILLING
Acting Deputy Chairman: Ing. Leopold KNOPP
Deputy Chairmen: Fritz HINTERNDORFER
Heinrich SEIDL
Provincial Secretary: Ludwig RAFFEISEERGER
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There are approximately 48 members of the Board,
in addition to officers listed above.
This provincial branch includes 5 regional branches;
12 district branches and 50 town branches.
Provincial Branch Upper Austria
Address: Linz-Urfahr, Harptstrasse 22
Officers:
Honorary Chairman: Dr. Heinrich GIEISSNER
Chairman: Franz KAIN
There are 21 town branches,under this provincial branch.
Provincial Branch Burgenland
Address: Fisenstadt, Wienerstrasse 1
Officers :
Honorary Chairman: Dr. Lorenz KARALL
Chairman: Regierungarat Franz'ELFK
There are 15 town branches under this provincial branch.
Provincial Branch Styria
Address: Graz, Herrengasses, Landhaus
Officers:
Provincial Chairman: Ing. Rudolf SAITDRIESER
Deputy Chairman: Otto MOEBES
There are 16 town branches-under this provincial branch.
Provincial Branch Salzburg
Address: Salzburg, Flisabethstrasse 11
Officers:
Chairman: Professor Rigobert FflNKE
Acting Chairman: Josef KAUT
There are 6 town branches under this provincial branch.
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Provincial Branch Carinthia
Address: Klagenfurt, Benediktinerplatz 5
Officers:
Honorary President: Hofrat Dr. Franz RAINER
Chairman: Regierungsrat Albert SCHARF
There are 11 town branches.. under this provincial branch.
Provincial Branch Tyrol
Address: Innsbruck, Haydnplatz 5
Officers :
1st Chairman: Professor Dr. '! PSER
2nd Chairman: Dr. LOEHMER
There are 10 town branches under this provincial branch.
Provincial Branch Vorarlberg
Address: Pregenz, Roemerstrasse 12
Officers :
Chairman: Max HALLFR
Deputy Chairman: Josef NOFLATSCHER
There are 5 town branches. under this provincial bunch
The Specialized Sections
Address: Vienna I., Hirmnelpfortgasse 13
Scientific Sections
Chairman: Robert BLEICHS'17INER
Medical Section
Chairman: Professor Hugo GLASER
Technical Section
Chairman: Hofrat Professor Rudolf SALICER
Music Section
Chairman: Professor Josef "MARX
Section for Fine Arts
Chairman: Professor Karl STEMOLAK
Chess Section
Chairman: Josef HANACIK
Sports Section
Chairman: Toni RICHTER
Architecture Section
Literature Section
Theater Section
5. Belgium
a. Belgian-Soviet Friendship Society
(Amities Belgo-Sovietiques, ABS)
Officers:
President: Fernand JACQUEMOTTE
Secretary General: Maurice SINGER.
Strength: Claimed membership 1955: 13,000
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6. Bolivia
a. CzechB olivian Friendship Center
(Centro de Amistad CzecoeslovacoP oliviano)
Officers (1955):
President: Fernando SINANI
b. Bolivian Rumanian Cultural Center
(Centro Cultural Boliviano Romano)
Address: Cochabamba, Bolivia
7. Brazil
a. Brazilian-Chinese Cultural Society
(S ociedade Cultural Sino-Brasileira)
Address: rua 1 de Marco 6 gala 7, 6th floor Rio de Janeiro,Brazil
avia FAr3! cO
Officers: /vl ~ p , OA
'~' ``?? ` Abel G RMONT
b. Brazil Poland Cultural Union
Address: Sao Paulo, Brazil
c. Brazil-.Soviet Cultural Institute
(Institute Cultural Brasil-URSS)
g. Bulgaria
a. Committee for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
(Komitet za priyatelstvo i kulturni vruzki s chuzhb.ina)
Address: Boulevard Ruski 5, Sofia
Officers:
Chairman: Rada TODOROVA
Vice Chairman (or Secretary): Chudomir PPTROtr
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This appears to be the Bulgarian equivalent of the Soviet VOKS.
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repYtatives
~,ad~ ._.I#t-s?.?rrterpre gns secy
+~{ vDirectly subordinate to Bulgarian Council of Ministers.
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b. Bulgarian Polish Friendship Society
c. Central Council of the Union of the Bulgarian-Soviet Societies
See: Bulgarian Fatherland Front
Status: Dissolved
d. Fatherland Front
This organization has absorbed the Central Council of the Union
of the Bulgarian Soviet Societies.
Officers:
Member, Permanent Bureau of National Council: Georgi KULISHEV.
9. Burma
a. Burma Chinese Cultural Union
b. Burma-China Friendship Association or Sino Purmese Friendship Society
Address: Rangoon, Burma
Officers:
Honorary Chairman: Thakin Kodaw HMAING
Chairman: ?)r. U Sin Pho (HSIN Po or SIN Pho)
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c. Burma-Indochina Cultural Association
d. Soviet Burmese Cultural Association
e. Burma-Soviet Friendship Association
10. Cambodia
a. Cambodia-China Friendship Association
Andre MIGOT is affiliated with this organization.
11. Canada
a. Chinese Canadian Welfare Association
Address: 179 McCaul Street, Toronto
This organization is not to be confused with the non-Communist
Chinese Canadian Association at 12 Hagerman Street, Toronto.
b. Canadian Russian Friendship Society
73 trength: Estimated membership, July 1956: 1,500
Publication: News Facts (monthly)
c. A ociation of United Ukrainian Canadians (AUUC)
fficers:
President: Michael KCROL
Vice President: John HORBATIUK
Secretary General: Peter PORKOPCHUK
Treasurer: John BOYCHUK
Strength: Estimated membership, 1956: 12,000
Publication: Ukrainian Canadian
12. Ceylon
a. Ceylon-China Friendship Association
Address: Colombo, Ceylon
Officers as of April 1955:
President: Mrs. Theja GUNAWARDENA
Secretary: S. P. AMARASINGHAM
b. Ceylon-USSR Friendship League
13. Chile
a. Chilean Bulgarian Institute of Culture
(Instituto Chileno-Bulgaro de Culture)
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b. Chilean-Chinese Cultural Institute
(Instituto ChilenoChino de Cultural ICCC)
Address: Avenida O'Higgins 105, Santiago
Officers:
Honorary President: Angel CRUCHAGA Santa Maria
President: Salvador ALLENDE Gossens
Vice President: Benjamin SUN Marjen
Secretary General: Luis SEPULTrEDA A.
Strength, 1956: Over 100 members
Publications: China Popular (monthly)
Subsidiary Organizations: Valparaiso branch
c. ChileanCzech Cultural Institute (formerly, the Chilean Committee
of Friends of Czechoslovakia)
(Instituto Chileno-Czecoslovaco de Cultural ICCC)
Address: Calle Catedral 1111
also, Calle Arturo Prat 375, Santiago
Officers:
President: Baltasar CASTRO
Secretary General: Rene FRTAS Ojeda
Parallel Subsidiary Organizations:
Two closely related groups are the Jewish Communist cultural
groups in Santiago, the Centro Cultural Scholem Aleijem and
the Club 1leplWtivo Judio Maccabi which provide active support
for subject Institute, and can possibly be considered as
auxiliary units of it.
d. Chilean Hungarian Cultural Center
(Centro Cultural Chileno-Hungaro, CCCH.or
jCentro Cultural Hungaro-Chileno, CCHC)
Officers :
President (1955): Osvaldo VAIY NCIA Zapata
e. Club Concordia
An organization of Hungarian Communists and Communist sympathizers.
f. Friends of Poland Center
(Centro de Amigos de Polonia, CAP)
g. Chilean Rumanian Cultural Center
(Centro Chileno-Romano de Cultural CCRC)
Officers:
President: Humberto WFS MEB.
Vice Presidents: Nicanor PARRA
Osvaldo VALENCIA
Secretary General: Miguel Luis VALENZUELA
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h. Chilean-Soviet Cultural Institute, or, Chilean-Soviet Institute
of Culture, or, Chilean Institute of Cultural Relations with the
Soviet Union
(Instituto Chileno Sovietico de Cultura)
Officers:
President: Alberto GRAF Marin
Subsidiary Organizations:
Branches in Concepcion, Valdivia, and Rancagua.
Status :
The original Chilean-Soviet Cultural Institute had been
dissolved in October 1947 following the break in Chilean-
Soviet diplomatic relations. It was reactivated in May 1954.
14. China . ns
a. The Association for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
(ACRFC)
This organization appears to be the Chinese equivalent of the
Soviet VOKS. Further details given under section A.
b. ChinaPurta Friendship Association (CBFA)
Officers:
Chairman: CHENG Chen-to, Vice Minister of
Culture, member of standing committee,
ACRFC
Vice Chairman: CH'IEN Wei-ch'ang,
c. China Finland Friendship Association
d. China-India Friendship Association
Officers:
Chairman: TING Hsi-lin
Vice Chairman: CHEN Han$heng
Vice Chairman: HU Yu-chih
e. China-Indonesia Friendship Association (CINFA)
Officers:
Chairman: Burhan SHAHIrI (PiO]Nish-han)
Vice Chairman: Yusuf MA Yu Huai
Vice Chairman: HU Yu-chih
f. China Islamic Association
Officers:
Vice Chairman: Sheikh Nur MUHAMMAD (TA Pu-sheng)
g. Chinese Association for the Promotion of the Hui (Moslem)
People's Culture
h. China-Nepal Friendship Association
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I. China-Pakistan Friendship Association
Officers:
Chairman: LIU K'e-ping, aka LIU K'o-ping
Vice Chairman: IMINOV
Vice Chairman: CHINN Tuan-sheng
J.
China-Thailand Friendship Association
Prominent members:
I Mei-hou
CHOU Keng-sheng
SU Cheng-shou
k. Sino-British Friendship Association
1. Sino-Soviet Friendship Association (SSFA)
Officers:
Chairman: Mme SOONG Ching-ling (Mme. SUN Yat-sen)
Vice Chairmen:
CHENG Chien MA Hsu-lm
HUANG Yen-pei MA Yin-chu
LI Ssu-kwang (J.S. LEE) KUO Mo-jo
LI Te-chuan SAIFUDIN
LI Chu-chen SHAO Li-tzu
LI Chi-shen SHEN Chun-ju
LIAO Cheng-chih SHEN Yen-ping
LIN Piao ULANFU
LIN Po-chu WU Yu-chang
LIU Ning-i
Secretary General: CHIEN Chun-jui
Deputy Secretary General: KO Pao-ch'nan
Strength: 1954 claimed membership: 68,000,000
Subsidiary Organizations:
SSFA is a mass organization with branches in every
major city and scattered throughout all the provinces
of China. In 1954 it numbered 1955 chapters and
613,160 local branches.
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Cuba
a.
Cuban Soviet Cultural Relations Institute
(Instituto de Intercambio Cultural Cubano-S ovietico)
Address: Villegas #114 Apt. 25, Havana, Cuba
16.
Czechoslovakia
a. C echoslovak-Soviet Friendship Society
Officers, 1955:
Chairman of Presidium of the Central Committee:
Zdenek FIERLINGER
(S'paz Ceskoslovensko-S ovetskeho Pratelstvi)
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b. Czech-Soviet Institute
(Ceskoslovensko-sovetsky Institut)
Address: Prague 1, Narodni #5
Publications: Praha-Moskva
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17. Denmark
a. Denmark Society for Cultural Contact with China, or Danish-
Chinese Society
(Dansk-Kinesisk Selskab)
Officers, 1955:
Chairman: Hans HANSEN
Secretary: Christian Herman JENSEN
Treasurer: Poul HANSEN
Strength: 300 persons, mostly Danish Communists
The Danish-Chinese Society (DANSK-KINESISK SELSKAB) is not to
be confused with the Danish-Chinese Association (Dansk-Kinesisk
Forening). The latter is not Communist-dominated and is not
'olitical.
b. Danish-Czech Society
c. Danish Hungarian Association
d. Danish-Polish Society
Officers:
,Chief sponsor seems to be Mogens LINCK, author,
playwright, peace activist.
06 Strength: Claimed membership 1956: 165 persons
e. The National Association for Cooperation between Denmark and
the Soviet Union
(Landsforening for Samvirke mellem Danmark og Soviet Unionen)
Officers:
Secretary (1956): F olmer BENTZEN
Publications: S ovietunionen i Dig (The Soviet Union Today)
Subsidiary Organizations: Copenhagen branch
18. East Germany
a. The Society for Cultural Relations Abroad
(Gesellschaft fuer Kulturelle Verbindungen mit dem Ausland)
This organization is apparently the East German counterpart of
the Soviet VOKS. For further details, see underc.section
A#
b. Society for German-Soviet Friendship
Officers:
General Secretary: Herr GRIUNBFRG
Head of Foreign Department: Max HAHN
Head of Personnel Department: Frau Horn= f1. name
unknown
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Head of Art and Science Department: Walter EGON
Head of Schools Department: Herr Elias, first name
Member of the Secretariat unknown
responsible for Agitation: Klaus WILLERDING
Head of Propaganda Department: Helmut ZRAUBMANN
Head of United Germany Department: Walter BAUTZ
Strength: Official membership is estimated at approximately
3,000,000.
Subsidiary Organizations:
East Berlin is divided into eight districts generally
having one "friendship house" in each district. Altogether
there are 35 houses of friendship in the DDR.
. Finland
a. Finland Bulgaria Society
Officers:
President and first chairman
of the Board:
Second Chairman of the Board:
Third Chairman of the Board:
Secretary:
Manager:
b. Finnish-Chinese Society
Officers:
Chairman:
President:
Secretary:
c. Finland-Czechoslovakia Society
Officers:
President:
Secretary:
d. Finland-Hungary Society
e. Finland Poland Societ
(Suomi-Puola Yhdistys
Officers:
Chairman:
Julio KUQSNANEM
T'ille NISKANEN
Javno PENNANNEN
Elma PYYKONEN
F. 0. RAUSTILA
Matti (or Allen) JARVENPAA
Uhho KAEHOENEN
Mrs. Aune TAURIHAINEN
Jorma DITTO
TIKKOLAINEN, first
name unknown
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f. Finland-Rumanian Society
Officers, 1955:
Chairman:
Executive Committee;
Suomi Neuvostoliito-Seuran, SNS)
Officers:
Chairman: Sylvi-Kyllikki KILPI
Secretary General: Toivo KARVONEIT
Risto HOLTTA
Frkki AALTONEN
Veikko 17ENNAMO
Heikki KUUUSINEN
Matias LAHDENMAKI
Vilho SIVOLA
Heikki KARVONEN
Vaino MONTONEN
Elli KAHILA
Doris TAPOLA
Elina HAMALAINFN
Naija KOSKI
Matti HAIKIO
Antero BYMAN
Finland-Soviet Union Society, or Finnish-Soviet Union Society
Chairman of the Council: Dr. Vaino KAUKONEN
The leadership of theFSociety between general congresses
consist of a,56-member Couu cil, a 34-member Central Board
and a Pre ^dium, the. six members of which have the titles
Strength, 1955: Membership of approximately 200,000
Publications:
SNS-Lehti (SNS Journal) (Finnish language, a monthly)
Kontakt (Contact), (Swedish language)
Branches:
More than 800 local chapters, organized into 18 district
assodiations. The national organization is subdivided
into 15 major subject sections, for example, films,
fine arts, literature, music, Russian-language instruction,
science, sports, teachers, theater and youth.
20. France
a. Association France Albanie
Address: 6 rue de la Douane, Paris 10
icers:
"Sponsor": Justin GODART
President: Admiral Raymond MOULLEC
Secretary: Paul CUAU
Editor of France-Albaniel Jacques MITTS AND
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(A list of Executive Committee members of 1953 is
available.)
--Publication: France-Albanie (a monthly bulletin)
Subsidiary Organizations:
Although France Albanie is reportedly more active in
the provinces than in Paris, it is not clear whether
branch organizations exist. Representatives of France-
Albanie are found in Lyon, Marseille, Clermont-Ferrand,
Nice, Toulouse, Montpellier.
b. Association France Bulgarie
Address: 12 rue Gaultier in Courbevoie, Seine (an industrial
part of the Paris suburbs)
Officers, 1954:
"Sponsor": Justin GODART
President: Emile LAEEYRTE
Vice-Presidents: Eugene &UPEL
Daniel RENOULT
LECONTE, first name unknown
Secretary General: Roger GUERIN
Secretary: Y. COHEN
Treasurer: Max BARTHELEMY
Assistant Treasurer: G. DUTOUR
Subsidiary Organizations:
A Franco Bulgarian club (presumably in Paris)
c. France-Chinese+Friendship Association
(Amities Franco-Chinoises)
Address: 28 rue Monsieur le Prince, Paris
Officers, 1954:
President: Professor Jean DRESCH
Organizational Secretary: Edouard STORAGE
Administrative Secretary: Jean BASTARD
Treasurer: Joseph DUCROUY
Strength: Estimated membership of several thousand
`Publication: La Chine
d. France-Czechoslovakia Association
(Association France-Tchecoslovaquie)
Address: 132 rue du Faubourg St. Denis, Paris.
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Officers, 1954:
President:
Vice Presidents:
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General PLAGNE
Abbe BOULIER
FROLOV (probably Vladimir FROLOV)
HABERT (unidentified)
Mme. SECL T-RIOU
Jean SEINE
Robert BOUDRY
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Secretary General: Mme. Lydie SAGNAS
Assistant Secretary: GAGNION, first name unknown
Treasurer: GOGO, first name unknown
Assistant Treasurer: Gilbert LADEVEZE
Publications: France-Tchecoslovaouie (a bimonthly)
e. France Hungary Association
(Association France-Hongrie)
Address: 6 rue de Trevise, Paris
Officers:
President: General PETIT
Vice President: Emile TFRSEN
Dr. BOURGUIGNON (probably Andre P.)
Pierre Le BRUN
/ecretary General: Claude MORGAN
Treasurer: Mme. Paulette BLANC
Editor in Chief of
France Hongrie: Mme. Louise MANIAC
Publication: Fr nce-Hongrie (a bi-monthly review)
Subsidiary Organizations:
French Bela Bartok Committee
Chairman: Maurice LEHMA.NN
Secretary General: Jacques BOURGEOIS
Hungarian Institute (in Paris)
f. French Polish Friendship _Association
(Amities Franco-Polonaises)
Address: 9 Boulevard des Italiens, Paris
fficers:
Secretary General: Rene BIT)OUZE
Committee Members:
In charge of economic affairs: Jacques LEMAN
In charge of emigre questions: Jean NOARO
In charge of cultural relations: Christian LACOUR
Plus 88 other members of a National Committee.
Strength: 4,700 (appears to be an estimated figure, July 1956)
Publications: Peules A=s (monthly)
Subsidiary Organizations:
I. Association pour le Respect des Frontieres Oder-Neisse
(Association for the Respect of the Oder Neisse borders)
Address: 9 Cite du Retiro, Paris 8
Leading Militant: Mme. STROZESKA
Publication: Biuletvn Wewnetrzny
Comite,National pour 1'Erection du Monument de Dieuze
Presided over by: Fdoijard HERRIO.T
Also Includes following Active adherents:
Christiane LACOUR, Mme. KREMER, Mme GOSTAN,
Mme KALINSKI, Mr. P'LTA
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Emile LABFYRIE
Jules DtUCHAT
Albert FORCINAL
Maria RABATF
Mates ROIJSSOU
Jean SENEZE
Secretary General: Georges FOURNIAL
Subsidiary Organizations: Toulouse branch, which claims a
membership of 400 persons.
Officers, 1956:
President:
Vice Presidents:
France-Rumanian Association
(Association France-Roumanie)
Address: 13 rue d'Enghien, Paris
h. France-USSR Association
(1'Association France-USSR)
ddress: 29 rue d'Anjou, Paris
Officers, 1955:
Honorary President:
President:
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Secretary General:
Strength:
During World War II:
local organizations
Economic and Cultural Center - which comprises 27 Committees,
grouped in four sections; Biology and Medicine, Science
and Technique, Humanities and Fine Arts.
membership
Subsidiary Organizations: regional and
throughout France
(1953)
Frederic JOLIOT-CURIE
General PETIT
Mme. Eugenie COTTON
Dr. Weill-HALIE
Alain Le LEAP
Jean Paul SARTRE
Andre PIERRARD
Raymond TREPPE
.hundred thousand persons
Publication: France-URSS (monthly)
i. Vietnamese Union for Unity, Peace and Friendship with France
(Union Vietnamienne pour 1'UNite, la Paix, et 1'Amitie avec la
France)
sr-Subsidiary Organizations; Toulouse section
' Unlimis i`Yrst Co i re was held 1..fanuary 1956 in- Paris.
J. Association for Cultural Cooperation between Yugoslavia and France
21.
a. Algeriaociety of Friendship with the Soviet Union
b. Madaga car-TTSSR Association
Headquarters : Tananarive Madagascar
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22. Great Britian
See: United Kingdom
23. Greece
a. Greek-Soviet League
Address (apparently): 390 Dos Panepistimion, Athens
Subsidiary Or nizations:
Salonika-
(Greek-Soviet League of Salonika)
Officers:
President: Myrodis DEMETRAKOPOULOS
General Secretary: J. G. PATSAS
24. Hungary
a. Hungarian Institute for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
This appears to be the Hungarian counterpart of ITOKS, and promotes
societies of friendship with Hungary. For further information
see,ection A.
b. Hungarian- oviet Society, or, Soviet Hungarian Union
(Magyar S vovjet Tarsasag, Hungarian-Soviet Society, MSZT)
Officers:
Secretary General: Major General Istvan OTTA
(formerly chief political officer
for the Armed Forces)
Strength: Claimed membership, 1953: over 1,300,000 members.
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25. Iceland
Officers:
Chairman:
Iceland-China Cultural Association
Jacob BENEDIKTSSON
Icelandic Soviet Cultural Society
(Menningartengsl Islands og Radstjornarrikjanna, MIR)
Address: Thingholtsstraeti 27, Reykjavik
Officers:
Executive Committee as of Nogember 1952:
President: Halldor KILJAAN-LAXNES
Vice President: Thorbergur THORDARSON
Strength, 1952: 1,100
Subsidiary Organizations:
Akureyri Section
with 60 members
Chairman: Eyjolfur ARNASON
Sudurnes jinn Section
Address: Keflavik
with 20 members
Chairman: Oddbergur EIRIKSSON
The remaining sections of MIR are divided into the following
geographical regions: Singlufirdi, Olafsfirdi, Neskaupstad,
Vestmanneyjum, Hveragerdi, Hafnarfirdi, Isafirdi and Selfoss.
26. India
a. Indo-Bulgarian Friendship Society
Officers:
President: Dr. P. SUBBAROYAN
India-China Friendship Association
(Sino-Indian Association, ICFA)
Officers:
Chairman off the national committee:
President of national council:
Member of national council:
Vice Chairman:
General Secretary:
K. M. PANNIKAR
Pandit SUNARLAL
Dr. Gyan CHAND
R. K. KARANKIA
Pandit Chatur Narayan
MALA