Recent Communist Conciliatory Gestures and Exchanges between the Orbit and the Non-Communist World

=== [PDF page 1] === [Unreadable] eae) OCI No. 6277 CONriviins PAL 9 August 1954: wer Copy No. L/ 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 developments 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 conferences 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 probably 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. _ State Dept. review completed Deewment Ne, _.____ Ne Cliange In Ciass. [] Beclassificd 11 NMe! duties HAT, Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP saOt1Z 5505-3 By: ~SECRET === [PDF page 2] === Approved FomRelease 2007/ ‘ -RDP91T011*™RO00300020005-3 CONFIDENTIAL RECENT COMMUNIST "CONCILIATORY" GESTURES. AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE ORBIT AND THE NON-COMMUNIST WORLD Table of Contents Page General Orbit "Conciliatory" Tactics Since GENEVA.. cee esr cers ce resccenreoseseses 1 Trade and Related Developments.....ccececccecrs 7 Recent Cultural, Scientific and Athletic Exchanges Between the Orbit and the Non-Communist World......... Ill Western Hemisphere.......seeecceeeers eecoe 12 EUrPOPG.. cece cco case csc sesesnasccesoscesoes 13 Near East and South ASia....ccscceeesseese 19 Far EaSt.ccccsvecsececscsesenesseseseencce 21 CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91F0+1 72R000300020005-3 === [PDF page 3] === Approved Formelease 200710 BRK Kops T0117.2&000300020005-3 CONFIDENTIAL 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 countries have continued. Soviet propaganda played a double role during this period, simultaneously appealing to the West with intimations of peaceful 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 the impression that over-all Soviet policy has 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. CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release ee SECRET OO === [PDF page 4] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved Forgglease 2007/0 AAHDP91T011728)00300020005-3 1954 26 April 26 April - 29 April 1 May 6 May 8 May 12 May 21 May 22 May 25 May CONFIDENTIAL GENERAL ORBIT "CONCILIATORY" TACTICS SINCE GENEVA 25X1 The conference of foreign ministers opened in Geneva.[ _| The USSR without qualification, adhered to the ILO constitution, thus becoming a member of that specialized UN agency. The USSR adhered to the UNESCO constitution on 21 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 relaxed rules for burial, after years of opposition to The Satellite May Day celebrations played down emphasis on anti-West, anti-American propaganda themes except in the case of the GbR.[ =~ 25X11 General Grechko, commander of the Soviet forces in Germany, visited the American and French military commanders at their zonal headquarters.[ _______] 25X1 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. [ 25X11 The Ukrainian and Byelorrussia SSR's asked for membership in ILO. The first known passport and exit visa since last October was granted by Czechoslovakia to. the wife of a US citizen in a case in which the US embassy had not made previous representations. rd 25x1 Bulgaria and Greece agreed to terms for re-establishing ‘formal diplomatic relations. Béth countries have since designated chargés. Coo. 25X1 High Czechoslovak officials, including the foreign minister and foreign trade minister, attended a reception given by the Argentine ambassador in Prague, celebrating Argentina's National Day. oo? 25x1 CONFICENTIA Approved For Release 2007/02/08: C 91T01172R000300020005-3 SCRET oo === [PDF page 5] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 ner Approved Forgglease 2007/0 COA RDP91T01 1728900300020005-3 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May June & July 1 June 1 June 4 June 8-15 June 8-9 June 10 June Soviet dignitaries attended a reception given by the Argentine ambassador in Yoscow. [| _ 25x11 The USSR nas tane¢ military and naval attachés to India. ‘Soviet naval forces departed the Black Sea and entered the Mediterranean destined for Albania for the first time since World War II.[ ————— 25X11 . 25X1 Foreign minister Molotov paid a courtesy call on top Swiss officials, the first official call in history b a high Soviet official on the Swiss government.[-_] Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania indicated a desire to increase their activities in various UN agencies including ILO ana UNESCO. The East German Interior Ministry announced the aboli- 25x14 tion of_travel restrictions for the Baltic.coastal area. The Bulgarian government appointed Kosta Lambrev Diven as temporary chargé 1'Affaires in Athens and has requested Greek approval to appoint a minister plenipotentiary. The Soviet government accepted responsibility and apologized for discourteous treatment of Yugoslav diplomats in Moscow, in an unusual admission of error for the USSR. |_| | At the Danube Commission meeting in Budapest, the Yugoslav delegates received verv solicitous treatment and their views on all. matters, both technical and procedural, were accepted.[_______] 25X1 Swedish Foreign Minister Unden started _a ten day unofficial visit to the Soviet Union. | 25X1 The British ambassador's reception for the Queens' Birthday in Moscow gas attended by Soviet dignitaries “on Mikoan, and Marshals Zhukov and Sokolovsky. Approved For Release 2007/02/08: C 91T01172R000300020005-3 === [PDF page 6] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 12 15 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 Approved Forgeélease 2007/ RK Ebest t01 17.2B000300020005-3 June June June June ‘June June June_ June June June June Soviet premier Malenkov told East German premier Grotewohl in Moscow that the Soviet Unien would consider favorably any appeals from interested circles in West Germany for the establishment of economic and cultural relations with the USSR. [sd _ 25X1 The Soviet Union suddenly reversed its stand and agreed in the Allied Council to approve a Vienna boundary modification law. [SS The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Czech “egatren in Athens had resumed its actitivies. The Soviet invitation, extended through ECAFE, to send agricultural and industrial experts on an inspection tour of the USSR was accepted by the Japanese government. The Bulgarian newspaper, Rabotnichesko Delo, made a strong overture for friendship between Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey. rid 25x11 Peiping announced that it would send a chargé d'Affaires to London with the same position and duties of the British chargé in Peiping.[ 25X1 The USSR and Israel raised their respective legations to Embassies, and Alexander Abramov was given the rank of Ambassador to Israel.[| - SS " 25X1 The Bulgarian government stated that it is ready to sign an agreercont with Turkey on the solving of border problems, and promised to do “everything in its power to strengthen peace in the Balkans." Co 25x11 The Rumanian government reported tha*+ *he appointment of Nicolaie Gina as ambassador to Yugoslavia had been accepted by Yugoslavia. [0 25X11 Soviet service attachés in Rome continued a campaign of: friendship and hospitality by giving a party for: attachés and military representatives of eleven Westemn and Satellite countries. [ri‘(‘;C;C~*r 25X1 A delegation of British_Labor leaders toured Poland at Polish invitation. [ 25X11 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: 91T01172R000300020005-3 CRET === [PDF page 7] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved FomBelease 2007/0 RDP91T01 17268000300020005-3 19 June 22 June 23 June | 23-3C June 25 June 26 June 27 June 29 June 1 July 2 July 3-5 July 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. The USSR reportedly agreed to renew for one year the 1930 fishing agreement with the UK. (CS 25X1 An East German ordinance that eased restrictions within 25X1 a five-kilometer-wide border zone along the boundar with. West Germany became effective. eo On his return from Geneva Chou En-lai had interviews with Mendes-France, Nehru, and the Burmese Premier. 25X1 The last group of 38 lend lease ships being returned - the USSR was delivered to US naval forces in Istanbul. 25X1 The USSR requested the Greek foreign office to permit the assignement of a naval attaché to Athens. Moscow, in a strong propaganda bid to convince the world that it i:; tunning its energies to peaceful pursuits, announced that a plant, powered by atomic ener was already in operation in the USSR. [. The Soviet Union and France signed an agreement to es- 29X14 tablish a Paris-Moscow air link with a stopover in Prague. Czech officials, including the foreign minister, attended the reception given by the Canadian chargé d'affaires on Canadian National Day. [OS] 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. 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 back[ Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIASRBF 4701172R000300020005-3 Ss T === [PDF page 8] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved Forggiease 2007/0 ‘ &RDP91T01 172R900300020005-3 4 July 4 July 4 July 5 July 8 July 8-12 July 9 July 9° July ll July 13 July 13 July The Polish embassy in London was reported as arranging for the visit of 12 Labor Party members to Poland during September for an extended tour.[ ss 25X11 The USSR began returning 300 prisoners of Iranian nationality, who were freed under the Soviet amnesty Five Polish cabinet officers attended the US embassy's recepusen for first time since the end of the war. Representatives of Rumanian and Yugoslav railways opened a conference in Belgrade to conclude a border zai tual convention between the two ‘tountries. 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 relations with West German, according to the press. At an Evangelical Church Congress in Leipzig, freedom was permitted in discussions and movements. The West Germans were encouraged to call for further contacts between East and West Germany. [——S—CSYC 25X11 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. [.. 25X1 The Soviet press announced the naming of D. A. Zhukov as the USSR's first ambassador to Indonesia. [sd 25x A Soviet naval squadron visited Helsinki, Finland for several days. [| | -Malenkov received the chairman of the All-India Peace Council, Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew. [ 25X11 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 day according to a Yugoslav diplomat in Budapest. [OY 25x11 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-BL 01172R000300020005-3 === [PDF page 9] === 25X1 25X1 14 15 15 15 16 17 21 21 24 July July July July July July July Jaly July Approved Fog Release 2007/: E-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3. Indian Major General Sokhey was awarded a Stalin Peace Prize in Moscow. Czechoslovakia released six US army men and one officer in good condition and unharmed. The East German Socialist Unity (Communist) Party invited delegates of British Labor Party to tour East Germany. The Soviet acting high commissioner told the Austrian chancellor that the USSR was granting flood aid to Austria. The USSR and Sweden started an exchange visit of naval squadrons. Following the. conclusion of a new trade pact the USSR and Finland issued a joint declaration on foreign 25X1 25X1_ 25X1 25X1 policy and raised their missions to embassies. A 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. Geneva Conference closed with signing of cease-fire agreements for Indochina. [| The Soviet Union sent a note to the Western powers calling for an all-European conference on European security. Approved For Release 2007/02/08: C 91T01172R000300020005-3 RET | 25X1 25X1 === [PDF page 10] === Approved FonBglease 2007/02 SRCWREDPS 1 T01 172R000300020005-3 ~ CONFIDENTIAL TRADE AND RELATED DEVELOPMENTS 28 April The USSR-Netherlands trade agreement was renewed. 25xX1 29 April The USSR and Afghanistan signed a credit agreement wherebv 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. 25X1 2 May A Greek government trade delegation to Rumania arrived in Bucharest. 7 May Rumanian and Israeli officials in Buchares agreed to conclude their first trade pact. ~ 7 May The Czechoslovak-French trade agreement was re- 25X1 newed. 1l May The Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet ratified the agreement granting a loan to Finland. 11 May A Hungarian trade mission held a long interview with the Chilean Minister of Economy. 13 May Czechoslovakia and Turkey agreed to expand their trade in the near future. rT 18 May Rumania and Norway signed their first postwar trade and payments agreement. 21 May The 1954 trade protocol was_signed recently between Poland and. Sweden. 27 May ' The Yugoslav press announced the signing "recently" of a barter trade agreement with Hungary 35x4 for the exchange of goods valued at about $2,500,000. ~ CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA- 172R000300020005-3 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 === [PDF page 11] === Approved FonBglease 2007/02 P91T01 1728900300020005-3 2 June Czechoslovakia[_ 8X. made an attractive bid to the Afghan government to carry out oil exploration and development in northern Afghanistan. The offer is reported to include training of Afghan oil technicians in | 29X1 Czechoslovakia. 7 June The Hungarian-Greek trade agreement was renewed in Budapest. [i © 25X1. 9 June The Danish Minister of Labor héading a Danish trade delegation arrived in Moscow. [| 25X1 9 June - The Czech-Norwegian trade agreement was renewed 29% in Prague. [| 13 June 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 between the two countries, which has already accounted for a substantial expansion in Soviet- Argentine trade. [ 25x1 16 June Poland and Israel signed their first formal trade 55x 4 17 June the Soviet-Iranian trade agreement was renewed. 17 June The Indian-Hungarian trade agreement was re- 2x1 newed.[ 18 June Two Japanese Diet members arrived in the Soviet Union for trade talks. [ 25x11 19 June The Soviet-Icelandic trade agreement was renewed 25X1 in Moscow. 24 June The Soviet Embassy in Kabul presented the Afghan government with a 70-page list of economic aid projects and was reported urging Afghanistan to accept further projects. [ 25xX1 25 June A new Czechoslovak-Danish trade agreement reportedly provided for a 25 percent increase in trade over the 1953-54 level. [| 25X11 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA: T01172R000300020005-3 === [PDF page 12] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Belease 2007/02/98 y 91T01 172B900300020005-3 25 June. Czechoslovakia--in a move unprecedented in recent years--agreed to permit the assignment 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 exper credit obligations of $10,000,000. 25 June An exhibition of industrial and agricultural = of the USSR opened in Copenhagen. 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. [ 25X11 25X1 27 June Hungary and Indonesia renewed their trade agreement.[ | 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 delegation 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. | 25X1 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. Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDJ 72R000300020005-3 === [PDF page 13] === 25X1 25X1 Approved Forvgglease 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T011728900300020005-3 17 July 19 July 21 July late 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. CT “ 25X14 At the International Whaling Conference held in Tokyo the Soviet delegate issued an invitation for the seventh meeting of the International Whaling Commission to be held in Moscow in 1956. 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. A Soviet delegation was reported to be present for the opening of the International Economic Fair in Djarkarta. CL]: 25x14 10 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 cecRET === [PDF page 14] === 25X1 25X1 wy 25X1 25X1 25x11 Approved For@glease 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T011728900300020005-3 "RECENT. CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ATHLETIC EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE ORBIT AND THE NON-COMMUNIST WORLD" Conferences iaciuding Communist and non-Comnunist participation 1954 26 Ap April - 1 May 22 May - 7 June 23 - 28 May 29 May - 6 June 7 June 14 June 18 - 30 June 19 - 23 June 20 - 22 June il July 18 ~- 27 July 19 July 28 July 31 July - 8 Aug 1 August International Federation of Journalists - Bordeaux (Biannual congress). 25X1 Paris International Fair, [| 25xX1 Extraordinary session of the World Peace Council - East Berlin. [| 25X1 Second International Medico-Surgical Reunion = Turin, Italy. [| 25X11 Eleventh Congress of Soviet Trade Unions - Moscow. [| Sixth International Cancer Congress - Sao Paulo, 25X1 Brazil, Fourth International Film Festival - Berlin.[ _—_i| Congress for Relaxation of International Tension (WPC - sponsored) - Stockholm, Sweden. WFTU Trade Union Congress (European) - East Berlin. International Film Festival - Karlovy Vary, — International Youth Meeting (1USs) - Oslo, Nor= way. International Whaling Conference - Tokyo.[ | 25X1 International Conference of Theoretical Physics ~5x1 Paris. Twelfth World University Games ~ Budapest. [ All-Union Agricultural Exhibition = Moscow. [_|25x1 ll a Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 centr === [PDF page 15] === 25X1 25X1 LSECRET Approved For@glease 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T011728900300020005-3 1954 1l May 12 May 15 May 20 May. 8 June 19 June 13 July August Western Hemisphere It was reported that a Russian chess team will visit the United States.[ a 25X11 A delegation from the Association of Unitea Ukranian Canadians arrived in Moscow. 7 ow 25 A Rio de Janeiro Communist newspaper announced that a Brazilian trade union delegation is visiting in Moscow. A Polish pianist was reported making a concert tour of South America. rf. | 25X11 The Czechoslovak Foreign Office requested US visas for six Czech churchmen, three to participate ina July Presbyterian conference in Princeton, and three to attend an August world Lutheran conference in Tiran Nersoyan, Archbishop of the ArmenianChurch in 25x71 the United States, was reported visiting the USSR. He attended the funeral of the Patriarch of the Armenian Church and spent 3 weeks in Soviet Armenia.[ | The Soviet Embassy requested that the State Department transmit an invitation to the Department of Agriculture. Five representatives were invited to attend the Moscow Agricultural Exhibition with expenses paid by the Soviet government. [| 25X11 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. 25X11 Approved For Release 2007/02/68: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 SECRET === [PDF page 16] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For @gJease 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R900300020005-3 1954 22 April 23 April 29 April 31 April 1 May 2 May 10 May 10 May 10 May ll May 11 May 1l May i2 May Europe , ge woe et ee.. 25X1 A delegation of British peace fighters arrived in Poland at the_ invitation of the Polish Peace Defenders Committee.. A Yugoslav TANYUG representatives arrived in Moscow. |_| A delegation of the USSR Academy of Sciences left Moscow for Belgium te participate in a conference on 25X1 the gasification of fuel. oS 25X11 TASS reported that a group of British musicians had been invited to Moscow by the Ministry of Culture, A delegation of the France-Albania society arrived in Albania, Seven Ulstermen began a three-week visit to the Soviet Union at the invitation of the President of the Congress of Soviet Trade Unions.[_| 25X11 An Italian delegation departed_for Moscow after at-= tending May Day celebrations. 25X11 A Polish Academy of Sciences delegation left for Paris. The Federation of Yugos lav Students was invited to send observers to the 24 August meeting of the International Students Union in Moscow. [ 25X1 Otto Nuschke, GDR Deputy Premier, praised the Pope's Easter message in an interview with a correspondent of L'Unita. An Italian students' delegation arrived in Moscow at the invitation of the anti-Fascist Soviet youth committee. A Danish workers' delegation arrived in the Soviet Union. A delegation from the Finland-USSR Society visiting Georgia left for Rostov. 25X1 13 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 === [PDF page 17] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved Forvgglease 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T011728900300020005-3 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 12 May A delegation of 17 Finnish students arrived in 14 May A delegation of Soviet scientists left Moscow for 15 May A Scotish cultural delegation of the Scotland-USSR Friendship Society arrived in Moscow. 15 May Dutch astronomer Pieter Oosterhoff arrived in Moscow . - to attend the reopening of the astronomical observatory of the USSR Academy of Sciences. 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 scientists 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. [| 25x1 Late May A delegation of Soviet teachers arrived in Britain at the invitation of the British Society for Cultural Relations with USSR. The delegation visited many schools and universities in England and Scotland. [| 4-13 June A soviet women’s basketball team participated in the 4 June 5 June 5 June Fourth Evorpean Women's Basketball Championship Tournament in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. A French pianist arrived in Poland at the invitation of the Committee for Foreign Cultural Cooperation, Soviet trade union representatives left for Helsinki 25X1 25X1 to attend the Finnish trade workers congress. [| 25x1 A representative of the USSR Cooperative Union left Moscow for London to attend the annual Congress of the Cooperative Union at Scarborough. Cc | 14 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 SPCRET 25X1 === [PDF page 18] === 25X1 25X1 25X11 25X1 SECRET Approved For@glease 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T011728900300020005-3 8 June 9 June 10 11 12 ~ 16 18 19 19 21 21 21 23 23 June June June” June June June June June June June June June A delegation from the USSR Academy of Sciences left to attend the fourth Parise Pee of the French Chemistry Society in Paris. 25X1 A British gliding team arrived in Poland to participate in the Leszno glider contests, [_| 25X1 £ Soviet youth delegation left for Finland at the invitation of Finnish youth organizations. [ 25X1 A Danish soccer team left Copenhagen for a series of matches in the Soviet Union. Co] 25X11 A Soviet football delegation left Moscow for Switzerland, to take part in the International Football Federation Congress, 25X1 Soviet oarsmen left for London for the Henley Royal Regatta, It was reported that a Budapest soccer team would com-= pete with a French team in Paris on 21 June.[ 25x11 A Soviet athletic delegation arrived in Rome for the world gymnastics championships. 25X11 A Soviet delegation of education workers met British teachers in London, and discussed the educational system of the Soviet Union, 25X1 A French football team, left Moscow after spending two weeks in the USSR and after playing a number of games. A Swedish women's delegation arrived in Moscow from Leningrad. Hungarian and Polish fencers participated in the world championship fencing matches in Luxembourg. 25X1 The president of the Peace Champions of Finland arrived in Moscow on 23 June at the invitation of the USSR Peace Committee. [~ _—i 25xX1 Jean Paul Sartre left the Soviet Union after a one-month visit made_at the invitation of the Union of Soviet Writers, Approved For Release 2007/02/084S1A-RDP91 T01172R000300020005-3 ePprT === [PDF page 19] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 -SECRET Approved rome" BONE | CIA-RDP91T011728900300020005-3 23 June 25 June 25 June 30 June 1 July 1 July 1 July 1 July 2 July 2 July 3 July NFIDENTIAL 25X1 20 - 26 June It was reported that an East German delegation wou attend a meeting of a literary group ip Amsterdam. |] A large group of Soviet sportsmen left for Helsinki to take part in contests marking the traditional festival of the Finnish Workers Sports Union. [__ | 25X11 It was reported ‘that champion amateur Hungarian,: Austrian and French cyclists would compete in the second heat of the international races to be held on 26 and 27 June in Paris. [ 25X11 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. 25X1 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. [ 25X11 A delegation of Soviet educational workers left for Geneva to participate in the 17th International Education Conference, [sd 25X11 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' A delegation of Italian women consisting of workers, teachers, physicians, lawyers and civic leaders arrived 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. [__] 25X11 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. Approved For Release 2007/02/08 “ CIA-R OPEV FPEVOIAGGSPIIES woh foo Te Fpplaces === [PDF page 20] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 10 12 13 13 15 15 16 16 July July July July July July July July July July July July July July | July SECRET Approved For@glease 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172B900300020005-3 25X1 A Danish students’ delegation arrived in Moscow. [ German Evangelical Church leaders who had been visiting the USSR as guests of the Patriarch of Moscow left It was reported that representatives of Czechoslovakia and the USSR would take part in the world-championship parachute-jump contests in France beginning on 2 August 1954. |] | It was reported that a group of folk dancers from East Germany would entertain at the Democratic Youth Festival opening in Paris on 11 July 1954.[ 25x11 A Norwegian workers' delegation arrived in the Soviet Union. International rowing contests between teams of the Soviet Union, Finland and Sweden opened in Leningrad. 25X1 TASS reported that Soviet artists were touring Norway at the invitation of the Norway~USSR Society. Soviet astronomers left Moscow for Liege to attend the session of the executive committee of the International Astronomical Union. [| 25xX1 A five-member delegation from Stalingrad arrived in 25X1 Finland to tour the country. [ 25X11 A Norwegian football team left Moscow for Kiev. [ Soviet scientists left Moscow for Great Britain to attend a neuro-chemistry conference. 25X1 A delegation from the Swedish-USSR Society arrived in the USSR at the invitation of VOKS. [| 25X11 Soviet physicians left for Helsinki to study the work of health organizations. [_—id 25x11 A Soviet football team left for Austria at the invi-= tation of Austrian sports organizations.[ | 25x11 Soviet students left Moscow for London to visit universities and colleges. [ 25xX1 17 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 . SCR === [PDF page 21] === 25X1 17 17 18 19 21 23 26 July July July July July July July Approved Fongelease 2007/0249 CRIED 91101 172R000300020005-3 British students invited by the Anti-Fascist Committee arrived in Moscow, A group of Soviet medical scientists left Moscow_for Switzerland to attend a gynecological congress, A Danish youth delegation, led by the Secretar Gen-~ eral of the YMCA, arrived in Moscow. a) A group of Soviet scientists left “nscow to attend an ‘international congress on meteorites at Manchester, A group of Italian trade -nion officials and workers arrived in Sofia at the invitation of the Central Council of Bulgarian Trade Unions. The. Czech: government.inytted:France to act as. judge: atthe Karlovy. Vary Film Festival. A West German youth delegation left for Mosc or a study tour through the Soviet Union. fe | Approved For Release 2007/02/08 8ciIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 25X11 25X1 25X11 25X1 25X1 25X1 === [PDF page 22] === 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Belease 2007/02/, 91T01172R000300020005-3 | 1954 27 April May 15 May 19 May 20 May 1 June 12 June 16 June 18 June Near East and South Asia Two members of a Russian weight-lifing team were decorated by the_Lebanese government for breaking world records. 25X1 The USSR took steps to lease a choice location for the new cultural center in Athens.[ 25X14 Soviet Minister Abramov and wife visited Histadrat headquarters and stated that practical mutual‘relations between the Soviet Union and Israel would grow in strength. He said that he would welcome close personal contact_between Histadrat and Soviet Legation officials.., It was reported that the Soviet ballet company, whose Paris concert was cancelled, will appear in Cairo in mid-June, Five Soviet architects arrived in Athens from Moscow to attend the session of the Executive Committee of the Internajtional Union of Architects.[ _—i 25X11 A delegation from the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria and Lebanon was reported planning to go to Moscow during tke summer for the 100th anniversary of the Antioch patriarchy's representation in the Soviet Union. LY) It was reported that a group of Algerian doctors are in the Soviet Union as guests of VOKS and the Ministry of Public Health.[ 25X1 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 Soviet Union, A new Soviet cultural center opened in Damascus with an extensive supply of books and magazines in Arabic, French, English and Armenian.[ | _ 25x11 Approved For Release 2007/02/08 9 CIA-RDP31T01 4172R000300020005-3 === [PDF page 23] === 25X1 29X17 Approved FouBelease 2007/02), P91T01172B000300020005-3 5 July 12 July 14 July 21 July Mid-August Molotov received an Indian delegation to the Stockholm9s5y4 conference for the easing of tension in international relations. The delegation was in Moscow at the invitation of the Soviet Peace Committee and VOKS.[ | A delegation of representatives of Indian railway _ men touring the Soviet Union spent two days in Stalin=25x1 grad. An Indian trade union delegation visited Uzbekistan| _| An Indian delegation headed by Mrs. Rameshvari Nehru was reported to_be in the USSR sightseeing and visiting institutions, 25X1 An Indian Cultural mission, including dancers and Hindustani and Carnatic musicians, was scheduled to leave ~ in meas for a six-week tour of the Soviet Union. 20 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 === [PDF page 24] === 25X1 25X1 25X11 25X1 Approved FoxBelease 2007/02), f P91T01172R000300020005-3 1954 4 May 14 May 14 May 2 July July 5 July 29 July 1 August ‘CONFIDENTIAL Far East Doctor Yusuke Hagiwara of Tokyo Observatory was invited by the USSR Academy of Science to visit the Soviet Union. [| 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. [OY 25X1 Soviet wrestlers arrived in Tokyo and claimed they were not just sportsmen_but were peace representatives of the Soviet Union. [. +4] 25X11 A delegation of Japanese Peace Partisans arrived in Moscow at the_invitation of the Soviet Peace Defense Committee. The Indonesian Mine Workers Union received an invitation from the TUI of Miners to attend the Second International Mine Workers Union Conference in Prague ‘in December. Sixteen Japanese members of Parliament arrived in Moscow at the invitation of the Soviet Cultural Relations Organization. They had the Japanese government's blessing for an attempt to obtain the release of Japanese POW's still held in the USSR.[-——sdY'so2.5X1 Five Indonesian Agricultural Ministry workers were invited to conduct a one-week ur of agricultural projects in the Soviet Union. 25xX1 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. CONFIDENTigy Approved For Release 2007/08/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 _ ASBERET === CORRECTED KEY PASSAGES (proof-read by Claude, Oct 2026) === --- [page 23] --- An Indian Cultural mission, including dancers and Hindustani and Carnatic musicians, was scheduled to leave [Unreadable] for a six-week tour of the Soviet Union. 20 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 === [PDF page 24] === 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3 CONFIDENTIAL Far East 1954 4 May - Doctor Yusuke Hagiwara of Tokyo Observatory was invited by the USSR Academy of Science to visit the Soviet Union. 25X1 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. 25X1 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 invitation from the TUI 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 Relations 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 tour of agricultural projects in the Soviet Union. 25X1 1 August - 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. CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2007/02/08: CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3