Foreign Delegations at the CPSU 21st Congress, January 1959
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FOREIGN DELEGATIONS AT THE CPSU
21st CONGRESS, JANUARY 1959
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FOREIGN DELEGATIONS AT THE CPSU
21st CONGRESS, JANUARY 1959
KHRUSHCHEV: "...delegations from Communist and Workers' parties from 70 countries have come to our Congress."
1. The following information is available as of 5 February 1959. Of the 64 countries listed below, it remains doubtful whether Pakistan and Nicaragua sent delegates. If these two delegations were present, there would still be six delegations not yet firmly identified in KHRUSHCHEV's total count of 70, Certain possibilities are suggested at the end of the listing.
2. Bloc CP's. All the Bloc CP's sent delegations. The Yugoslavs have admitted that they did not receive an invitation.
The following delegations were announced officially:
Albania
Enver HOXHA - First Secretary Mehmet SHEHU - Politburo member and Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Hysni KAPO - Politburo member and Secretary
Bulgaria
Todor ZHIVKOV - First Secretary
Anton YUGOV - Politburo member
Boyan BULGARANOV - Politburo member Georgi TSANKOV - Politburo member Boris NIKOLOV - CC member
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China
CHOU En-lai - Party Vice Chairman
KANG Sheng - alternate Politburo member
LI Hsueh-feng - Secretariat member
LIU Ning-i - CC member
LIU Hsiao - CC member and Ambassador to USSR
Czechoslovakia
Antonin NOVOTNY - President and First Secretary Karol BACILEK - First Secretary, Slovak CP Jaromir DOLANSKI - First Deputy Premier —
Jiri HENDRYCH - Secretary
East Germany
Walter ULBRICHT - First Secretary
Otto GROTEWOHL - Premier and Politburo member Heinrich RAU - Politburo and Secretariat member Alfred NEUMANN - Politburo and Secretariat member
Hungary
Janos KADAR - First Secretary
Antal APRO - Politburo member and First Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers Jeno FOCK - Politburo and Secretariat member
Mongolia
Umjagin TSEDENBAL - First Secretary N. ZHAGVARAL - alternate Politburo member DAMDIN - CC member
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North Korea
KIM Il-song - Party Chairman
PAK Chong-ae - Party Vice Chairman
YI Chong-ok - candidate Presidium member YI Song-un - CC member
North Vietnam
HO Chi Minh - President
HOANG Van Hoan - Politburo member
NGUYEN Van Kinh - alternate CC member and Ambassador to USSR
Poland
Wladyslaw GOMULKA - First Secretary
Stefan JEDRYCHOWSKI - Politburo member
Adam RAPACKI - Politburo member and Foreign
Minister
Roman ZAMBROWSKI - Politburo member
Zenon KLISZKO - Secretary
Tadeusz GEDE - CC member and Ambassador to
USSR
Rumania
Gheorghe GHEORGHIU-DEJ - First Secretary Chivu STOICA - Politburo member and Prime Minister
Gheorghe APOSTOL - Politburo member Nicolae CEAUSESCU - member Politburo and Secretariat
Leonte RAUTU - candidate Politburo member
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3. Far East CP's. The following delegations were announced:
Australia
Edward HILL - member Political Committee and Secretary
Indonesia
D.N. AIDIT - Secretary General
Karel SUPIT - Secretary of North Sulawesi CP
B.O. HATAPEA - chief editor of Bintang Merah
Suharti SUWARTO - head of Party's women's department
NURSUHUT - Secretary of West Sumatra CP
Japan
MIYAMOTO Kenji - Secretary General
KASUGA Shoichi - Presidium member
NISHIZAWA Tomio - deputy chief of the investigation department, CC
New Zealand
Wilfred McARA - member National Committee Hugh McLEOD - member National Committee and Auckland district secretary
4. European CP's. The following delegates were announced or were reported to be attending the Congress. In some cases Moscow announced only the leader of a delegation. Other delegates are listed on the basis of reports from various sources.
Austria
Johann KOPLENIG - Chairman Friedl FUERNBERG - Secretary
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Theodor MALLER - CC member Josef WODRAZKA - CC member
Belgium
Ernest BURNELLE - Secretary General Jean BLUME - member Politburo and Secretariat Louis VAN GEYT - CC member
Denmark
Knud JESPERSEN - Chairman
Ingmar WAGNER - Politburo member Willi FUGLSANG - Politburo member.
Finland
Ville PESSI - Secretary General France
Jacques DUGLOS - Politburo member and Secretary Raymond GUYOT - Politburo member Gustave ANSART - Politburo member Roland LEROY - CC member Georges MARCHAIS - CC member Greece
Apostolos GROZOS - Chairman
Iceland
Kristinn ANDRESSON - member of Executive Committee
Italy
Palmiro TOGLIATTI - Secretary General Giancarlo PAJETTA - Secretary
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Aldo LAMPREDI - member Central Control
Commission Presidium
Emanuele MACALUSO - CC member Giuseppe CARRO - CC member
(Earlier reports that Pietro SECCHIA would attend have not been confirmed. )
Netherlands
WOLF - CC member
DE VOS - CC member
(The above delegates were announced by Moscow. It has not yet been determined whether this is Joop or Jaap WOLF, The other delegate is probably Mrs. H. DE VOS, president of the. Dutch Communist front organization for women. )
North Ireland
Sean MURRAY - secretary of Executive Committee Norway
Emil LOEVLIEN - Chairman
Henry HOFF - Secretary
Tore SKJAERSETH - CC member San Marino
Delegate announced as present. No identification made.
Spain
Dolores IBARRURI - Secretary General
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Sweden
Hilding HAGBERG - Chairman Knut TELL - Secretary
Rodny OHMAN - editor
Switzerland
Edgar WOOG - Secretary General Jean VINCENT - member Directing Committee and Secretariat
United Kingdom
Harry POLLITT - Chairman
Gordon McLENNON - Secretary of Scottish Committee Norman TEMPLE - member Executive Committee
West Germany
Max REIMANN - First Secretary 5. Near Eastern, Middle Eastern and African CP's, The
following delegates have been indicated, either as confirmed delegates or as possibilities:
Algeria
Larbi BOUHALI - First Secretary (Announced by Moscow. )
Ceylon
Pieter KEUNEMAN - Secretary General Stanley TILLEKRATNE - CC member
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(Both were announced as their party's delegates.
KEUNEMAN has been identified in Moscow. )
India
Ajoy GHOSH - Secretary General E.M.S, NAMBOODIRIPAD - chief minister of Kerala State R. VENKATARAMAN - Secretary Tamil CP Rashid AHMED - office secretary of the Secretariat (All were reported to have departed for the Congress.
GHOSH has been identified in Moscow. B.T. RANADIVE and Jolly KAUL were denied passports and were unable to be delegates. )
Iran
Reza RADMANESH - First Secretary
(Announced by Moscow.)
Iraq
Salam ADIL - Identified as CC member by Moscow.
(The above individual was announced by Moscow. It is possible that other Iraqi Communists at the Congress included Tawfiq WARDI, Edward DAVID, Zaki MAR YUSH, Aziz al-Hajj Ali HAYDAR, and Zaki KHAYRI. )
Israel
Samuel MIKUNIS - Secretary General Emil HABIBI - one of the Communist Knesset members
(Both were reported to have left for the Congress.
Moscow has announced MIKUNIS. )
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Lebanon
Nicholas SHAWI - Secretary (Announced by Moscow. )
Morocco
Ali YATA - First Secretary Abdal-Salam BOURQIA - member Politburo and Secretary (Both announced by Moscow. )
Pakistan
Hassan NASIR (Is a possible delegate. He is a refugee living in Kabul, Afghanistan. It was reported that he intended to be in the USSR in January. )
Syria
Khalid BAKDASH - Secretary General (Announced by Moscow. )
Tunisia
Muhammad ENNAFAA - Secretary
(Announced by Moscow. )
6. Western Hemisphere CP's. The following delegates were announced or reported:
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Argentina
Geronimo Arnedo ALVAREZ - Secretary General
Victorio CODOVILLA - President
Rudolfo GHIOLDI - Vice President
Hector AGOSTI - Secretary
Alcira de La PENA - PCA member of Buenos Aires Municipal Council
Rubens ISCARO - Argentine representative of WFTU
(Moscow confirmed the presence of ALVAREZ. )
Bolivia
Luis Angel TELLERIA - Secretary Humberto RAMIREZ - member of Political Commission
(Announced by Moscow. )
Brazil
Armando MAZZO - CC member Carlos MARIGHELLA - member Secretariat Possibly one other (Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. The above delegation was reported to have gone.)
Canada
Timothy BUCK - Secretary General (Announced by Moscow. )
Chile
Luis CORVALAN Leppe - Secretary General
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Bernardo ARAYA Zuleta - member Political Commission
(Moscow announced CORVALAN. )
Colombia
Gilberto VIEIRA White - Secretary (Announced by Moscow. )
Costa Rica
Eduardo MORA Valverde - member National Political Commission
Mario ZUNIGA Aguilar - Puntarenas representative to the Political Commission (Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. _The above delegates were reported to have been selected by the Party.)
Cuba
Severo AGUIRRE - member National Executive Committee
(Announced by Moscow. )
Dominican Republic
Juan DOUCOUDRAY Mansfield - CC member (Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present,
but made no identifications. The above individual was reported to be a probable delegate. )
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Ecuador
Pedro Antonio SAAD - Secretary General Elias MUNOZ - member Executive Committee
(Moscow confirmed the presence of SAAD.)
El Salvador
Jorge ARIAS Gomez - CC member Daniel CASTANEDA - CC member
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. The above delegates
were reported to have gone. }
Guatemala
Pablo Francisco HERNANDEZ Alvarez - CC member
Fernando HERNANDEZ Hernandez - Secretary: General of the University
Students Section of the Party
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. The above delegation was
reported to have gone. )
Honduras
Luis Manuel ZUNIGA Saravia - possibly Secretary of Organization
Francisco RIOS Mena - exact party position unknown
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. The above delegates were
reported to have gone. )
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Mexico
Dionisio ENCINA Rodriguez - Secretary General Jose Encarnacion VALDEZ Ochoa - member Political Commission and
Secretary
‘Arnoldo MARTINEZ Verdugo - CC member
(All announced by Moscow. )
Nicaragua
(The Nicaraguan CP was reportedly scheduled to
send one delegate. No identification has been made,.
however, and Moscow has made no announcement concerning a delegate. )}
Panama
Hugo Alejandro VICTOR Escala, - President ‘Jose Rafael HILL Sanchez - Secretary of Organization
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but
made no identifications. The above delegates were reported to have gone.) -
Paraguay
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. )
Peru
Jorge Del PRADO Chavez - CC member and former De Secretary General
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation from Peru was present, but made no identifications, PRADO, who
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reportedly departed for Europe to attend a student congress in Vienna, is a possible delegate. )
USA
James JACKSON - National Executive Committee Moses SHIELD (believed to be Morris CHILDS) - National Executive Committee
(Announced by Moscow. )
Uruguay
Rodney ARISMENDI - First Secretary (Announced by Moscow. )
Venezuela
Pompeyo MARQUEZ - National Secretary
Pedro ORTEGA Diaz - Federal district secretary Alonso OJEDA Olaechea - Agrarian secretary Guillermo GUERDINE
(Moscow confirmed the presence of MARQUEZ.
MARQUEZ and the others were listed in a Venezuelan newspaper as delegates. It is not confirmed that the others actually went. )
7. Messages were read to the Congress from several CP's known to have representatives there. In addition, messages were read from the CP's of Cyprus, Portugal, Sudan, Turkey, Thailand, Jordan, Luxembourg, Burma, and Malaya. There were no clear indications that delegates from these CP's were actually present, but at least some of thern may have sent representatives. Delegates may also have been present from CP's not reported on at all, such as Egypt and the Philippines.
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ADDENDA TO FOREIGN DELEGATIONS AT THE CPSU
21st CONGRESS, JANUARY 1959
The following is information available as of 18 February 1959. These delegates have been indicated either as confirmed or as possibilities. This now leaves a total of three delegations not identified.
Iceland
Triggvi EMIISSON - CC member Jordan
Fuad NASSAR - Secretary General Ibrahim Yusuf TUWAL - party position unknown Husni Salih 'KHUFASH - party position unknown
Ahmad LUSWI - party position unknown Nashat SHAR - party position unknown
Luxembourg
Jean KIEL - member of Executive Committee of Central Committee
Netherlands
Heiltje de Vos-Krul - CC member
Nicaragua
Efrain RODRIGUEZ Vanegas - Political Committee member new in USSR
Sudan
Ahmad SULAYMAN - CC member
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FOREIGN DELEGATIONS AT THE CPSU
21st CONGRESS, JANUARY 1959
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FOREIGN DELEGATIONS AT THE CPSU
21st CONGRESS, JANUARY 1959
KHRUSHCHEV: "...delegations from Communist and Workers' parties from 70 countries have come to our Congress."
1. The following information is available as of 5 February 1959. Of the 64 countries listed below, it remains doubtful whether Pakistan and Nicaragua sent delegates. If these two delegations were present, there would still be six delegations not yet firmly identified in KHRUSHCHEV's total count of 70. Certain possibilities are suggested at the end of the listing.
2. Bloc CP's. All the Bloc CP's sent delegations. The Yugoslavs have admitted that they did not receive an invitation, The following delegations were announced officially:
Albania
Enver HOXHA - First Secretary
Mehmet SHEHU - Politburo member and Chairman of the Council of Ministers
Hysni KAPO - Politburo member and Secretary
Bulgaria
Todor ZHIVKOV - First Secretary
Anton YUGOV - Politburo member
Boyan BULGARANOV - Politburo member Georgi TSANKOV - Politburo member Boris NIKOLOV - CC member
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China
CHOU En-lai - Party Vice Chairman
KANG Sheng - alternate Politburo member
LI Hsueh-feng - Secretariat member
LIU Ning-i - CC member
LIU Hsiao - CC member and Ambassador to USSR
Czechoslovakia
Antonin NOVOTNY - President and First Secretary Karol BACILEK - First Secretary, Slovak CP Jaromir DOLANSKI - First Deputy Premier
Jiri HENDRYCH - Secretary
East Germany
Walter ULBRICHT - First Secretary
Otto GROTEWOHL - Premier and Politburo member Heinrich RAU - Politburo and Secretariat member Alfred NEUMANN - Politburo and Secretariat member
Hungary
Janos KADAR - First Secretary
Antal APRO - Politburo member and First Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers
Jeno FOCK - Politburo and Secretariat member
Mongolia
Umjagin TSEDENBAL - First Secretary N. ZHAGVARAL - alternate Politburo member DAMDIN - CC member
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North Korea
KIM Il-song - Party Chairman
PAK Chong-ae - Party Vice Chairman
YI Chong-ok - candidate Presidium member YI Song-un - CC member
North Vietnam
HO Chi Minh - President.
HOANG Van Hoan - Politburo member
NGUYEN Van Kinh - alternate CC member and Ambassador to USSR
Poland
Wladyslaw GOMULKA - First Secretary
Stefan JEDRYCHOWSKI - Politburo member
Adam RAPACKI - Politburo member and Foreign
Minister
' Roman ZAMBROWSKI - Politburo member
Zenon KLISZKO - Secretary
Tadeusz GEDE - CC member and Ambassador to
USSR
Rumania
Gheorghe GHEORGHIU-DEJ - First Secretary
Chivu STOICA - Politburo member and Prime
Minister
Gheorghe APOSTOL - Politburo member
Nicolae CEAUSESCU - member Politburo and Secretariat
Leonte RAUTU - candidate Politburo member
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3. Far East CP's. The following delegations were announced:
Australia
Edward HILL - member Political Committee and Secretary
Indonesia
D.N. AIDIT - Secretary General
Karel SUPIT - Secretary of North Sulawesi CP
B.O. HATAPEA - chief editor of Bintang Merah
Suharti SUWARTO - head of Party's women's department
NURSUHUT - Secretary of West Sumatra CP
Japan
MIYAMOTO Kenji - Secretary General
KASUGA Shoichi - Presidium member
NISHIZAWA Tomio - deputy chief of the investigation department, CC
New Zealand
Wilfred McARA - member National Committee Hugh McLEOD - member National Committee and Auckland district secretary
4. European CP's. The following delegates were announced or were reported to be attending the Congress. In some cases Moscow announced only the leader of a delegation. Other delegates are listed on the basis of reports from various sources.
Austria
Johann KOPLENIG - Chairman Friedl FUERNBERG - Secretary
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Theodor MALLER - CC member Josef WODRAZKA - CC member
Belgium
Ernest BURNELLE - Secretary General Jean BLUME - member Politburo and Secretariat Louis VAN GEYT - CC member
Denmark
Knud JESPERSEN - Chairman
Ingmar WAGNER - Politburo member Willi FUGLSANG - Politburo member Finland
Ville PESSI - Secretary General | France
Jacques DUCLOS - Politburo member and Secretary Raymond GUYOT - Politburo member Gustave ANSART - Politburo member Roland LEROY - CC member
Georges MARCHAIS - CC member Greece
Apostolos GROZOS - Chairman
Iceland
Kristinn ANDRESSON - member of Executive.
Committee
Italy
Palmiro TOGLIATTI - Secretary General Giancarlo PAJETTA - Secretary
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Aldo LAMPREDI - member Central Control
Commission Presidium
Emanuele MACALUSO - CC member Giuseppe CARRO - CC member
(Earlier reports that Pietro SECCHIA would attend have not been confirmed. )
Netherlands
WOLF - CC member
DE VOS - CC member
(The above delegates were announced by Moscow. It has not yet been determined whether this is Joop or Jaap WOLF. The other delegate is probably Mrs. H. DE VOS, president of the Dutch Communist front organization for women. )
North Ireland
Sean MURRAY - secretary of Executive Committee
Norway
Emil LOEVLIEN - Chairman
Henry HOFF - Secretary
Tore SKJAERSETH - CC member San Marino
Delegate announced as present. No identification made.
Spain
Dolores IBARRURI - Secretary General
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Sweden
Hilding HAGBERG - Chairman Knut TELL - Secretary
Rodny OHMAN - editor
Switzerland
Edgar WOOG - Secretary General Jean VINCENT - member Directing Committee and Secretariat.
' United Kingdom
Harry POLLITT - Chairman
Gordon McLENNON - Secretary of Scottish Committee Norman TEMPLE - member Executive Committee
West Germany
Max REIMANN - First Secretary
5. Near Eastern, Middle Eastern and African CP's. The following delegates have been indicated, either as confirmed delegates or as possibilities:
Algeria
Larbi BOUHALI - First Secretary
(Announced by Moscow. )
Ceylon
Pieter KEUNEMAN - Secretary General Stanley TILLEKRATNE - CC member
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(Both were announced as their party's delegates.
KEUNEMAN has been identified in Moscow. )
India
Ajoy GHOSH - Secretary General
E.M.S. NAMBOODIRIPAD - chief minister of Kerala State R. VENKATARAMAN - Secretary Tamil CP
Rashid AHMED - office secretary of the Secretariat
(All were reported to have departed for the Congress.
GHOSH has been identified in Moscow. B.T. RANADIVE and Jolly KAUL were denied passports and were unable to be delegates. )
Iran
Reza RADMANESH - First Secretary (Announced by Moscow. )
Iraq
Salam ADIL - Identified as CC member by Moscow.
(The above individual was announced by Moscow. It is possible that other Iraqi Communists at the Congress included Tawfiq WARDI, Edward DAVID, Zaki MARYUSH, Aziz al-Hajj Ali HAYDAR, and Zaki KHAYRI. )
Israel
Samuel MIKUNIS - Secretary General Emil HABIBI - one of the Communist Knesset members
(Both were reported to have left for the Congress. | Moscow has announced MIKUNIS. )
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Lebanon
Nicholas SHAWI - Secretary (Announced by Moscow. )
Morocco
Ali YATA - First Secretary Abdal-Salam BOURQIA - member Politburo and Secretary (Both announced by Moscow. )
Pakistan
Hassan NASIR (Is a possible delegate. He is a refugee living in Kabul, Afghanistan. It was reported that he intended to be in the USSR in January. )
Khalid BAKDASH - Secretary General (Announced by Moscow. ) |
Tunisia
Muhammad ENNAFAA - Secretary
(Announced by Moscow. )
6. Western Hemisphere CP's. The following delegates were
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Argentina
Geronimo Arnedo ALVAREZ - Secretary General
Victorio CODOVILLA - President
Rudolfo GHIOLDI - Vice President
Hector AGOSTI - Secretary
Alcira de La PENA - PCA member of Buenos Aires Municipal Council
Rubens ISCARO - Argentine representative of WFTU
(Moscow confirmed the presence of ALVAREZ.)
Bolivia
Luis Angel TELLERIA - Secretary Humberto RAMIREZ - member of Political Commission
(Announced by Moscow. )
Brazil
Armando MAZZO - CC member
Carlos MARIGHELLA - member Secretariat Possibly one other (Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. The above delegation was reported to have gone.)
Canada
Timothy BUCK - Secretary General (Announced by Moscow. )
Chile
Luis CORVALAN Leppe - Secretary General
(neGehesieee
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Bernardo ARAYA Zuleta - member Political Commission
(Moscow announced CORVALAN, )
Colombia
Gilberto VIEIRA White - Secretary (Announced by Moscow. )
Costa Rica
Eduardo MORA Valverde - member National Political Commission
Mario ZUNIGA Aguilar - Puntarenas representative to the Political Commission
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. The above delegates were reported to have been selected by the Party.)
Cuba
Severo AGUIRRE - member National Executive Committee
(Announced by Moscow. )
Dominican Republic
Juan DOUCOUDRAY Mansfield - CC member (Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present,
but made no identifications. The above individual was reported to be a probable delegate. ).
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Ecuador
Pedro Antonio SAAD - Secretary General Elias MUNOZ - member Executive Committee
(Moscow confirmed the presence of SAAD.)
El Salvador
Jorge ARIAS Gomez - CC member Daniel CASTANEDA - CC member
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. The above delegates were reported to have gone. )
Guatemala
Pablo Francisco HERNANDEZ Alvarez - CC member
Fernando HERNANDEZ Hernandez - Secretary General of the University
Students Section of the Party
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. The above delegation was
reported to have gone. )
Honduras
Luis Manuel ZUNIGA Saravia - possibly Secretary of Organization
Francisco RIOS Mena - exact party position unknown
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications. The above delegates were
reported to have gone, )
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Mexico
Dionisio ENCINA Rodriguez - Secretary General
Jose Encarnacion VALDEZ Ochoa - member Political Commission and
Secretary
Arnoldo MARTINEZ Verdugo - CC member
(All announced by Moscow. )
Nicaragua (The Nicaraguan CP was reportedly scheduled to send one delegate. No identification has been made, however, and Moscow has made no announcement concerning a delegate. )
Panama
Hugo Alejandro VICTOR Escala - President Jose Rafael HILL Sanchez - Secretary of Organization
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but
made no identifications. The above delegates were reported to have gone. )
Paraguay
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation was present, but made no identifications.)
Peru
Jorge Del PRADO Chavez - CC member and former - Secretary General
(Moscow confirmed that a delegation from Peru was present, but made no identifications. PRADO, who
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reportedly departed for Europe to attend a student congress in Vienna, is a possible delegate. )
USA
James JACKSON - National Executive Committee Moses SHIELD (believed to be Morris CHILDS) - National Executive Committee
(Announced by Moscow.)
Uruguay
Rodney ARISMENDI - First Secretary (Announced by Moscow.)
Venezuela
Pompeyo MARQUEZ - National Secretary
Pedro ORTEGA Diaz - Federal district secretary Alonso OJEDA Olaechea - Agrarian secretary Guillermo GUERDINE
(Moscow confirmed the presence of MARQUEZ.
MARQUEZ and the others were listed in a Venezuelan newspaper as delegates. It is not confirmed that the others actually went. )
7. Messages were read to the Congress from several CP's known to have representatives there. In addition, messages were read from the CP's of Cyprus, Portugal, Sudan, Turkey, Thailand, Jordan, Luxembourg, Burma, and Malaya. There were no clear indications that delegates from these CP's were actually present, but at least some of them may have sent representatives. Delegates may also have been present from CP's not reported on at all, such as Egypt and the Philippines.
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ADDENDA TO FOREIGN DELEGATIONS AT THE CPSU
21st CONGRESS, JANUARY 1959
The following is information available as of 18. February 1959. These delegates have been indicated either as confirmed or as possibilities. This now leaves a total of three delegations not identified.
Iceland
Triggvi EMIISSON - CC member Jordan
Fuad NASSAR - Secretary General
Ibrahim Yusuf TUWAL - party position unknown
Husni Salih KHUFASH - party position unknown
Ahmad LUSWI - party position unknown
Nashat SHAR - party position unknown Luxembourg
Jean KIEL - member of Executive Committee of Central Committee
Netherlands
Jaap WOLF - CC member
Heiltje de Vos-Krul - CC member
Nicaragua
Efrain RODRIGUEZ Vanegas - Political Committee member now in USSR
Sudan
Ahmad SULAYMAN - CC member