East-West and Intra-Orbit Travel and Contacts, 18 September 1956 (Mrs Ch. Salawati of the PKI)

=== [Page 1] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 STAT Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 === [Page 2] === . STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 RAST-WEST AND INTRA-ONRIT TRAVEL AND CONTACTS (6) ORBIT FROM BOYPT -- Cairo, al-Akhbar, 8 Jul 56 A technical mission from at-Tahrir Province, headed by Majdi Hasanayn, will leeve for Kuropa 9 on 10 July for a 3-month visit to East Germmny, Crechoslovakia, the USSR, and ‘the People’s Republic of China. The mission will study the improvement of un itivated lands and Gesert areas in those covntries. ORBIT FROM FRANCE -- is, L'Humanite (Com), 18 Aug 56 A delegatior of/five members of the French National Assembly and five members of the Coungll uf the Republic will leave France on 25 August for the USSR, where it willivisit indust#$el installations on invitation of the Soviet government. The dejegation representing the Council of the Republic will be led by Jean Bric Bofsch, Social Republican senator from Moselle Department and chairman of the C ttee for Industrial Production, and will include Henri Cornat, Independent/ from Manche Department; Coude du Foresto, former minister and MRP senator f: Deux-Sevres Department; Auguste Biliiemaz, Radical Socialist senator from Ajm Department; and Paul Piales, Peasant Party senator from Cantal Department. / The National Assembly delegation will be led by Robert Bichet, MRP deputy from Seine-et-Oige Departmen’ and deputy chairman of the Committee for Industrial Production, and will include Albert: de Bailliencourt, Radical Socialist deputy from Seine Department; Jean Charlot, Socialist deputy from Nord Department; Jean Brard, Peasant Party deputy from Manche ‘Department; and Louis Gautier-Chaumet, RGR deputy from Seine Department. On the way to the USSR, the group will, stop in Warsaw, and on the way home, the French perlianentariens will be the guests of the Czechoslovak government in Prague. ORBIT TO FRANCE -- Paris, L'Humanite (Com), 23 Aug 56 Volleyball teams from the GDR, Bulgaria, China, North Korca, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, Czechoslovakia, and the USSR will participate in the Interna- ‘tional Volleyball. Championships, 30 August-12 September in Paris. Savin of the USSR is expected in Paris soon to help organize the championships. USSR FROM EGYPT -- Moscow, Pravda, 16 Aug 56 In Moscow, on 15 August, the Egyptian film, "A Date with Happiness," receivei its premiere in: the, Soviet Union. This is the second Egyptian film that has been shown in the USSR. —-.. USSR TO EGYPT -- Cairo, al-Jumuriyyan, 12 Jul 56 A delegation of USSR pilgrims passing through Cairo on their way to the Hejaz stopped at the Presidential Palace yesterday, signed the visitors' book, and congratulated Jamal: #Abd-an-Nasir on his election to the Presidency of Egypt. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 === [Page 3] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 STAT USSR FROM ETHIOPIA -- Addis Ababa, L'Ethiopie d'Aujourd'hui, 1 Jun 56 On the invitation of the Federation Sovietigue Ge Football (Soviet Federation of Soccer), the Eguipe Nationale Ethiopienne de Football (National Ethiopian Soccer Team) will leave shortly for a visit of approximately one month to compete in matches with the Soviet soccer teams of Stalingrad, Tashkent, Baku, Tiflis, Leningrad, and Moscow. The tein, ‘which is composed of 18 players, will be accompanied by Wolde Sellassie, vice-president of the Mthiopian Federation of Soccer; Idnekatcheou Tesseme, secretary of the federation; and Andre Borie, technical delegate. LL USSR FROM FRANCE -- Paris, L'Humanite (Com), 17 Aug 56 Among the 500 French tourists who sailed to the USSR on the SS Antilles and who are now in Moscow are Jean Marie, president of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique; Georges Houdard, member of the Assembly of the French Union; Raty, president of the Chambre Syndicale de la Siderurgie (Metallurgical Labor Chamber); Sicaru, surgeon; Heron de Villefosse; and Mme de Jouvenel. Paris, L'Humanite (Com), 23 Aug 56 Vincent Delpuech, RGR senator from Bouches-du-Rhone Department, and General Corniglion-Molinier, RGR deputy from Alpes-Maritimes Department, were among the 500 French tourists who left Leningrad on 21 August on the SS Antilles after a week's visit to the USSR.. YSSR FROM GREECE -- Salonica, Ellinikos Vorras, 14 Aug 56 Deputies I. Papadimitriou and D. Stratis and a group of labor leaders arrived in Moscow on 17 August for a 15-dsy visit in the Soviet Union. Among the labor leaders are S. Hatzidinitriou, secretary-general of the new GSEE (General Confederation of Greek Labor); G. Pyrpasopoulos, secretary of the new GSEE; G. Arapis, secretary of the DSK (Democratic Trade-Unionist Movement); Kh. Tyropolis, secretary general of the Federation of Automobile Employees Personnel of Greece; D. Kharamis, president of the Lavrion Labor Center; D. Khasapidis, secretary of the Cooperative ‘Workers and.Employees Organizations of Salonica; and Db. Stavridis, member of the executive committee of the Panhellenic Tobacco Workers Organization. Athens, I Avgi (pro-Com), 18 Aug 56 - * Mrs Dora Stratou, director of the Greek Folk Dance and Song Company, and G. Drakoulis and G. Marinakis of SHCAS (Union of Greek Gymnastic and Athletic Associations) are among the Greek representatives in Moscow attending the mecting of the preparatory committee for the Sixth World Youth Festival, to take place in Moscow in August 1957, USSR FROM, TO GREECE -- Athens, I Kathimerini, 5 Aug 56 Two Greek mei; released from Tashkent prison recently arrived in Athens on 3 August. They are Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, 30, farmer, from Ambelokipoi, Aigion, and Georgios Raspitsos, 34, seaman, from Drapetsona, Piraeus. Apostolopoulos was captured while serving with the Greek Army in April 1949, and Raopitsos was kidnapped by Communist OENO (Federation of Greek Maritime Workers Organizations) members at about the same time. \aeiacse Bives Ba BEM el OLN UN Me Gane wad Lit Be poeta oot Lise USSR. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R0001 0001001 8-4 === [Page 4] === STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 USSR TO GREECE -- Athens, I Avgi (pro-Com), 17 Aug 50 The Soviet film "Immortal Garrison” will be shown in Athens from 26 August to 8 Septenber. USSR FROM INDIA -- Moscow, Izvestiya, 15 Aug 56 Savay Man Singh, the Maharaja of Jaipur, and his wife arrived in Moscow on i4 August. USSR TO INDIA -- Delhi, Navbharat Times, 12 Aug 5v Approximately 100 Soviet o11 technicians are expected to arrive in India by January 1957 to assist in the 300-million-rupee oil drilling program of the. Indian government., Among them, 40 technicians are expected about the end of this year. The majority of this group will commence geological surveys in the oil-bearing regions of Jwalamukhi, Nurpur, Janauri, and Dharmshala in Punjab. In addition, a group of 44 technicians will bring two ofl drillings rigs purchased earlier by the Indian government. The first rig will arrive on October; the second in December. These rigs will be used in Punjab. The other Soviet technicians will be assigned to the Geological Research Institute of the Oil and Natural Gas Directorate in Dehra Dun; Uttar Pradesh. USSR FROM INDONESIA -- Djakarta, Harian Rakjat, 30 Jun 56 We The following members of the Indonesian Parliament will comprise the delegation traveling to the USSR, Poland, and Czechoslovakia in September 1956: Master of Laws Hardi of the PNI (Indonesian Nationa] Party); Mrs Sumari of the PNI; Sumardi Jatmosumarto of the PNI; Mrs Sunarjo Mangunpuspito of Mas jumi; Abdul Wachid Sujoso of Masjumi; K. H. Tjikwan of Masjumi; Mrs Mahmudah Mawar of the NU (Nahdatul Ulama); H. Saifuddin Zuhri of the NU; R.T.A. MOH. Ali Pratamingkusumo of the NU; Engineer Sakirman of the PKI (Indonesian Communist Party); Mrs Ch. Salawati of the PKI; Suhardjo of the PSII (Indonesian Islamic Union Party); M. Sondakh of Parkindo (Indonesian Christian Party); F. C. Palaunduka of the Catholic Party; Subadio Sastrosatomo of the PSI (Indonesian Socialist Party); Pnadu Kartawiguna of the National Progressive fraction; R. Abulhajat of the Development fraction; Master of Laws Memet Tanumigjaja of the P3RI (Republic of Indonesia Police Employees Association); Daeng Mohamad Ardiwinata of the Supporters of the Proclamation Fractions Federation; H. Siradjuddin Abbas of Perti (Expansion of Islam Union Party); Master of Laws Rusli, who will be first secretary of the delegation; and Cosasih Tanumidjaja, who will be second secretary. USSR FROM LUXEMBOURG -- Luxembourg, Zeitung (Com), 11 Aug 56 - * Seventy foreigners, including representatives of Luxembourg, are expected to attend the 27th Congress of the International Chess Federation in Moscow, 25-31 August, and the subsequent 12th International Chess Olympiad, 1-25 September. Over 30 countries are expected to send teams to the latter event. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 === [Page 5] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 - STAT USSR FROM NON-ORBIT -- Karachi, Jang, ih Aug 56 Tennis players from Great Britain, the US, France, Italy, and Sweden will be invited to participate in a tennis test match against Soviet players in Moscow in September. This match will be utilized to determine the ability of Soviet tennis players in tournaments scheduled in Great Britain and the US in 1957. USSR FROM NORWAY -- Oslo, F “heten (Com), 16 Aug 56 At the end of September, Hartvig Kiran of Norsk Rikskringkasting (the Norwegian State Radio) will leave for the USSR for a stay of one month, during which. time he will record & number of programs on tape. USSR FROM NORWAY, ICELAND -- Oslo, Aftenposten (PM edition), 16 Aug 56 The Norwegian chess team which will participate in the Chess Olympics to be held in Moscow 30 August consists of the following members: Rolf Thunold, leader, Otto B. Morcken, Yngvar Barda, Svein Johannessen, Aage Vestoel, Per Lindblom, Odd Flater, and Ernest Rojahn. Fridrik Olafsson, of Iceland, will also play in the tournament.: USSR FROM SWEDEN -- Stockholm, Morgon-Tidningen, 16 Aug 56 At the invitation of the Soviet Ministry of Health, a five-member delegation of Swedish medical men will make a study tour of the USSR at the end of September or first part of October. Members of the delegation will be A. Engel, head of the State Medical Board; Ivar Frostner, member of the State Medical Board; Justus Stroem, head physician of the Epidemics Hospital, Stockholm; Prof Axel Ahlmark of Folkhaelsoinstitutet (National Health Institute); and Prof Bror Rexed of Uppsala University. USSR FROM SWITZERLAND -- Zurich, Neue Zuercher Zeitung (AM edition), 17 Aug 56 The Central Committee of the Swiss Chess Association has appointed the following Swiss chess players to participate in an international match with the ’ USSR. in Moscow [date not indicated]: Max Blau of Bernand Hans Johner, Edwin Bhend, Ldgar Yalther, and Dieter Keller, all of Zurich. Paul Mueller of Arlesheim, editor in chief of Schweizerische Schachzeitung, will accompany the Siiss team. Basel, Vorwaerts (Com), 20 Aug 56 O. Wichser, director of the Swiss Federal Railways and president o? the European Passenger Time-Table Conference, has been invited to inspect railway installations in the USSR, a member of the conference. Dr M. Strauss, secretary-general of the Swiss Federal Railways, will accompany Wichser on the - 3-week study trip, which is to begin on 19 August. USSR TO TUNISIA -- Tunis, Le Petit Matin, 1 Aug 56 Mikhail Andreyev end Vladimir Jordanskiy, representing the Moscow newspapers Smena and Moskovskiy Komsomolets, respectively, have arrived in Tunis via Paris to attend the congress of the Union Generale des Etudiants Tunisiens (General Tunisian Students Association). Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 === [Page 6] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 STAT USSR TO TURKEY -- Istanbul, Cumhuriyet, 12 Aug 56 According to reports from officials of the Galatasaray Sport Club of Istanbul, a Soviet soccer team will come to Istanbul within the next few weeks and will play matches with the Galatasaray team in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Galatasaray Sport Club. USSR TO WEST GERMANY -- Duesseldorf, Freies Volk (Com), 10 Aug 56 The Capitol Theater in Karlsruhe recently showed the Soviet film "The Big Circus" (translated from German]. USSR FROM YUGOSLAVIA -- Moscow, Pravda, 21 Aug 56 - * Representatives from Yugoslavia were among those taking part in a conference in Moscow on preparation for the International Geophysical Year. The conference will last from 21-25 August. USSR TO YUGOSLAVIA -- Paris, L'Humanite (Com), 17 Aug 56 The following Soviet rowers are scheduled to participate in the European Rowing Championships which will take place during the week of 19 August in Bled, Yugoslavia: Vyacheslav Ivanov, Chukalov, Berkutov, Zhilin, and Yemchuk. Shvedov, trainer, will accompany the team. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 === [Page 7] === STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R00010001 0018-4. ALBANIA TO GREECE -- Salonica, Makedonia, 21 Jul 56 Ten persons belonging to the Greek minority in Albania defected into Greece recently and asked the Greek authorities for political asylum. The defectors described the living conditions of the Greek minority in Albania as unbearable. BULGARIA FROM EGYPT -- Cairo, al-Ahram, 5 Jul 56 The Egyptian Minister of Education has accepted the invitation of the. government of Bulgaria for ten Egyptian students between the ages of 12 and 15. to attend the Boy Scout camp at Varna for one month this summer. The ministry will select these students from the Ma'adi secondary school in.Cairo and will send a counselor with them to take charge of their affairs. BULGARIA TO TURKEY -- Istanbul, Cumhuriyet, 15 Aug 56 A 7o-year-old Bulgarian, together with three of his grandchildren, recently fled inte Turkey from Bulgaria and has sought refuge in.the town of Kirklareli, The father of the three children fled to Turkey 5 years previously. CHINA TO EGYPT -- Cairo, ash-Sha'b, 17 Jul 56 The Chinese youth mission which came to Egypt in response to the invitation of the Islamic Conference has been invited by the Ministry of Agricultural Reform to visit the agricultural reform area in Aswan, the Aswan reservoir, and the Aswan dam site during the period from 2C “0 25 July. Cairo, al- » 5 Jul 56-~ * A mission 27 young Chinese will arrive in Cairo soon in response to an invitation from the Islamic World Youth Conference. The mission, whose chairmati is Shang Sin [approximation from Arabic], secretary-general of the Central Committee of the China New Democracy Youth League, includes three members of the National Council, a journalist, the secretary of development of the Islamic Culture Society, an imam of & mosque, an archeologist, and a number of young women who are students and textile workers. CHINA FROM FRANCE -- Paris, L'Humanite (Com), 20 Aug 56 Robert Busnel, French basketball coach, will accompany the Marseille women's basketball team, which will be in China until the middle of September. CHINA, USSR FROM FRANCE -- Paris, L'Humanite (Com), 20 Aug 56 Antoine Voulon and Jean Naslot,’ French cyclists who have traveled 18,000 kilometers and crossed 14 countries since leaving; Paris, have arrived in Peip= ing. They will spend a week in Peiping and then will leave for Moscow. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 === [Page 8] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R00010001 0018-4 STAT CHINA TO FRANCE -- Paris, L'Humanite (Com), 22 Aug 56 ‘ China will send 23 men and 17 women to participate in the World Volleyball Championships, which begin on 30 Auguet in.Paris. A total of 45 teams from 28 countries will take part in the championships.. CHINA FROM FRENCH WEST AFRICA -- Paris, Marches Coloniaux du Monde, 28 Jul 56 Camille Gres, secretary-general of the CGT in the Ivory Coast, has returned from Peiping. CHINA FROM INDIA -- Calcutta, The China Review, 31 Jul 56 ° The seven~-man Indian delegation which arrived in Peiping on 25 July for a @-month study tour of agricultural cooperatives in China is composed of R. K. Patil, leader; D. K. Borooah; H. V. Tripathi; H. D. Malaviya; B. J. Patel; V. N. Rana, registrar of the All-India Cooperative Society; and M. P. Bhargava. CHINA FROM NORWAY -- Copenhagen, Land og Folk (Com), 22 Aug 56 Emil Loevlien, chairman of the Communist Part; Jf Norway, arrived in Peiping recently, accompanied by his son, for a one-month stay in China. CHINA 10, FROM PAKISTAN -- Karachi, Jang, 11 Aug 56 Pakistan Prime Minister Mohammed Ali will leave for Peiping on 24 October and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai-will pay a return visit to Pakistan early next year., CHINA FROM INDONESIA -- Djakarta, Harian Rakjat, 30 Jun 56 The following members of Parliament will compose the mission to visit China in September 1956: Rh. Kusnan of the PNI (Indonesian National Party): Mrs Lastari Sutrasno of the PNI; Semanhadi Sastrowidjojo of the PNI; H. Hasan Basri of Masjumi; Abdul Rasjid Fagih of Masjumi; E. Z. Muttaquien of Masjumi; Mrs H Mariam Kuta Sumpena of the NU (Nahdatul ULama); H. S. Muslich of the NU; Jusuf Adjitorop of the PKI (Indonesian’ Commnist Party); Hutomo Supardan of the PKI: A. Nunung Kusnadi of the PSII (Indonesian Tslamic Union Party), H. Senduk of Parkindo (Indonesian Christian Party): Doctoral Candidate D. S. Matakupan of the Catholic Party; Sastra of the PSI (Indonesian Socialist Party); Ibnu Parna of the National Progressive fraction; Supardi of the Development fraction; R. Mohamad Baseh of the PRI (Indonesian People's Party); Rd. Emoong Wiratma’' Astapr’.dja of the Supporters of the Proclamation Fractions Federation; NJa Diwan of Perti (Expansion of Islam Union Party); R. Gatot Mangkupradja of the Movement to Defend the Pantjasila; K. R. H. Abdul Aziz of Akui (Aksi Kesatuan Ummat Islam, Islamic Union Action); Dr Sjech Hadji Djakaluddin of the PPTI (Islamic Union Political Party); Abdulmatalib Daeng Talu of the Hazairin faction of the PIR (Greater Indonesian Union Party); Master of Laws Sumarsono Pringgodiredjo, who will be first secretary of the delegation; and Islan, who will be second secretary. CHINA ©O PAKISTAN -~ Karachi, Jang, 12 Aug 56 A Communist Chinese trade delegation «ill arrive in Karechi by the middle of September to discuss the matter of a trade agreement between China and Pak-~ istan. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R00010001001 8-4 === [Page 9] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81 -00280R0001 00010018-4 STAT CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO BELGIUM -~- Luxembourg, Zeitung (Com), 16 Aug 56 The Czechoslovak and Belgian basketball associations have agreed co an internetional match in Brussels: on 13 October. CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO POLIVIA -- La Paz, La Nacion, 2h Jul 56 The Czechoslovak government recently announced that three scholarships are available for Bolivian students wishing to obtain a college education in Czechoslovakia, stressing its "desire to strengthen cultural and economic ties,and improve relations" between the two countries. CZECEOSLOVAKIA FROM LUXEMBOURG, INDIA -- Luxembourg, Zeitung (Com), 3 Aug 56 Prof N. J. Gillen, member of the Luxembourg Film Commission, attended the Ninth International Film Festival in KarjJovy-Vary as the representative of ihe Luxembourg Ministry of Education.: Indian motion picture stars Kaplan Kartik and Dev Anand also attended. CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO NON-ORBIT -- Gslo, Friheten (Com), 16 Aug 56 An 85-member troupe of Czechoslovak musicians, singers, and dancers will give its first performance in Bergen on 20 August on a tour which will include Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. . o o Oo CZECHOSLOVAKIA ‘10 SWITZERLAND -- Basel, Vorwuerts (Com), 18 Aug 56 The Czechoslovak Slovan Bratislava soccer team played a match against the Winterthur soccer team on 15 August and is scheduled to play against the Basel soccer team on 19 August. ° CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO TURKEY °- Istanbul, Cumhuriyet, 15 Aug 56 According to the Turkish Soccer Federation, the Spartak Praha soccer team, the third-ranking Czechoslovak team, will arrive in Istanbul on 15 December and will play matches with various Turkish teams through 23 December. CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO URUGUAY -- Montevideo, El Pais, 31 Jul 56 On 1 August, the Czech film Krakatit willbe shown at the Renacimieuto “heater of Montevideo. CZECHOSLOVAKIA FROM WEST GERMANY -~ Munich, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 28 Jul 56 Raymund Hoerhager, correspondent of Sueddeutsche Zeitung, visited Prague late in July and spoke with Prelate Oparny, Prelate Jan Decekal, Caritas Director Jan Mara, Secretary-General of the Peace Movement of Catholic Priests Professor Benes, and other Czechoslovak clergymen. ‘ (Article reports on the discussion held between Hoerhager 3nd the Czechoslovak clergymen in Prague.) Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 === [Page 10] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 STAT KAST GERMANY FROM EGYPT -- Berlin, Heue Zeit, 29 Jul 54 On 28 July 1956, a student delegation headed by Majai Basanayn, governcr of Liberation Province [Suez Caral), and composed of 13 engineering and economic specialists, arrived in East Berlin to inspect industrial sad agricultural enterprises, as vell as sociel establishments, throughout the GDR. EAST GERMANY FROM FRANCE -- Paris, L'Humanite (Com), 18 Aug 5v The following French Commm‘st deputies in the French National Assexbly attended the funeral of Bertolt Brecht ir Bast Berlin on 16 August: Ballanger from Seine-et-Oise Department, Tys from Marne Department, and Mora. from Basses- Pyrenees Department. Pierre Villon, deputy, and Andre Stil, editor in chief of L’Humanite, left Paris on 17 August for Bast Berlin, where they will represent the French Communist Party at ceremonies honoring Brecht on 18 August. EAST GERMANY FROM INDIA -- Berlin, Neues Deutschland, 26 Jul 56 On 25 July 1956, the Indian historian and political figure, K. M. Penikkar, arrived in Berlin, where he plans to visit various institutes and meet several scientists. A reception was given in his honor by Franz Dahlem of the State Secretariat for Advanced Education, which was attended by Sepp Schwab, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and by representatives of the German Academy of Sciences, Humboldt University, and the Museum of Germanic History. EAST GERMANY FROM LUXEMBOURG -- Luxembourg, Zeitung (Com), 31 Jul 56 A ten-member delegation of Luxembourg metalworkers is leaving Luxembourg on 31 July for a 2-week study trip to the GDR. The delegation will visit metallurgical plants and factories, sanitariums, hospitals, clincs, etc., on the invitation of the (East German) Free German Trade Union Federation. The workers, all members of the (Communist-controlled) FLA (Freie Letzeburger Arbeiterverband, Free Luxembourg Trade Urion Federation), are Michel Reiffers of Kayl, and Joseph Munhoven of Monnerich (both employed by Arbed-Belval-Terre-Rouge ): Joseph Hempel of Schifflingen and J. P. Wagner of Tetingen (employed at Arbed- Esch); Paul Flammang (employed at Arbed-Duedelingen); Michel Watgen of Niederkorn and Lucien Klein of Differdingen (employed at the Hadir Smelting Plant); Robert Marchetti (employed at the Rodingen Smelting Plant); and Joseph Bassi (employed at the Paul Wuerth Works). Joseph Frapporti, FLA treasurer, was appointed by the FLA executive committee to be leader of the delegation. A grou, of 13 Luxembourg children and two adults will leave on 2 August for the GDR. The group will spend 3 weeks at the Wilhelm Pieck Children's Republic on Lake Werbellin. Luxembov'g, Zeitung (Com), 7 Aug 56 A group of Luxembourg trade union leaders left Luxembourg on 4 August for a 3-week vacation at the Heringsdorf ocean resort in the GDR on the invitation cf the [East German] Free German Trade Union Federation. ‘The delegation consists of four members of the FLA, the widow of former FLA President Nicolas Moas, and her son, Andre. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 === [Page 11] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81 -00280R00010001 0018-4 4 STAT EAST GERMANY FROM NORWAY ~~ Oslo, Aftenposten (PM edition) » 16 Aug 56 A Norwegian track and field team of three men and two women: led by Erling Aasgaard is scheduled to leave on 2 September for Leipzig to participate in a track and field meet.. An eight-member track and field team will participate in a meet in Dresden, 29-30 September. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R00010001001 8-4 === [Page 12] === STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 HUNGARY, BULOARIA FROM EGYPT -- Cairo, al-Jumburiyyah, 14 Jul 56 Mubammad ‘Iagsat Sagr and ‘Abd-al-Hamid al-Kafrawi, agricultural engineers in the Egyptian Ministry of Agricultural Reform, vil) leave tomorrow for Hungary and Bulgaria to study the system of agricultural development there. RURGARY TO, FROM EGYPT -- Cairo, al-Jusmburiyyah, 14 Jul 56 The Egypt’an Arabic Language Society has received a letter from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences requesting that the society furnish the academy with those works vhich it has published since its establishment in 1930. The society expressed willingness to fulfill the request, asking in return for the publications of the academy. HUNCARY TO FRANCE, YUGOSLAVIA -- Paris, L'Bumanite (Com), 23 Aug 56 Kocsis, Puskas, Hidegkuti, and Czibor are among the 18 Hungarians who will participate in soccer meets against Yugoslavia in Belgrade on 16 September and against France in Colombes, France, on 7 October. HUNGARY FROM GREECE -- Athens, I Kathimerini, 4 Aug 56 A. Alivizatos, professor at the University of Athens, has accepted the invitation of the Evangelical Church of Hungary to deliver a series of iectures at the Hungarian Evangelical Academy. Athens, Eleftheria, 9 Aug 56 Greek athletes Papavasileiou, Konstantinidis, and Depastas will leave for Budapest on 15 August to participate at the international track meet. Greek coach Simitchek will accompany the athletes. HUNGARY FROM LUXEMBOURG -- Luxembourg, Zeitung (Com), 31 Jul 56 Ten children (four boys and six girls) of Luxembourg resistance leaders will spend 4 weeks in Hungary under “he auspices of the [pro-Commnist] Reveil de la Resistance (Awakening of the Resistance), accompanied by Mrs Donven of Kayl. The group left Luxembourg on 30 July and will make a stop in Vienna, where it will be welcomed by the [Communist] International Federation of Resistance Fighters. HUNGARY FROM NON-ORBIT -- Salonica, Ellinikos Vorras, 1 Aug 56 - * The Central Committee Meeting of the World Council of Churches met in Matrahara from 28 July to 5 August. The Eastern Orthodox Church was represented by Athinagoras, the Most Reverend Metropolitan of Thyateira (Akhisar); Theofilos, the Most Reverend Bishop of Ethiopia; Katsonis, Archimandrite; Amilkas Alivizatos and Bratsonis, professors at the University of Athens; and Ioannidis, professor. HUNGARY TO SWEDEN -- Stockholm, Ny Dag (Com), 16 Aug 56 The Hungarian team scheduled to participate in the modern pentathlon competition in Djursholm, 18 to 21 August, consists of G. Benedek, G. Ferdinandy, A. Kovacsi, A. Moldrich, and.J. Bodl. -11 - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 === [Page 13] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDPBI -00280R000100010018-4 STAT IIMAIT FI TURUET <- Athens, 1 Mathineriat,. 3 mag 36 - Takeves, the Nest Reverend Metrepeliten of Philadelphia (Alesshir), ‘end the Most Reverend Metrepelitan.ef Miletus represented the Ecumenical Patriarchate ef Constantineple at the Central Cemmiti:oe Meeting of the World Council ef Cunrches in Matrehese. frem 26 July te 5 Angust. POLAND FROM DUNBARK - - Cepestagen, Lani 0g Felk (Con), 21 Ing 36 The Danish team which is scheduled te participate in t - bicycle race “Around Poland" beginning 6 September consists ef the follc.~ ag members: Km Iynge, Vedell Oestergaard, Sigfred Seerensen, Bent Cle Retvig, Harry B. Pedersen, Mogens Mortensen, Martin Poulsen, and Fleming Bergquist. Teen leader will be Axel Clausen; mechanic, Chr. Nansen; and masseur, Arne Breesen. Ss FOLARD FROM.WOROCCO -- Tarzier,' Le ‘Depeche Marecaine de Tanger, 28 Jul 56 Mohamed Seddik, secretary ef the Casablanca branch of the UMP (Union Marecaine én Travail, Noreccan Leber Federation), accompanied by the national secretary ef the We Railread Werkers Union ani the secretary of the UNT breach in Meknes, has left Casablanca ty air fer a visit te Pelund. POLARD TO MOHWAY -- Oslo, Aftenpesten (AM edition), 23 Aug 56 _ The Polish national track and field team scheduled tacompete egaizst the BRUANIA FROM BELGIUM -- Paris, L'Humanite (com), 22 Aug 56 Reger Meens, Vercruysse, Lengenus, and Rerssens, Belgian athletes, hava been invited te participate im the International Rumanian Track and Field — Championships, 15-17 September, in Bucharest. MMANIA FROM BOYPT -- Cairo al-Ahram, 26 Jul 56 The Rumanian govermment has invited Egypt to send three journalists te visit Rumania for 2 weeks during August er Septesber. TWTRA-CRSIT TRAVEL ABD CONTACTS ALBANIA FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- Tirana, Bashkimi, 19 Jul 56 The first group ef Czechoslovak tourisi3 arrived in Albania on 18 July. The group, numbering 19, includes writers, newspaper correspendents, werkers, and peasantr. “ae teurists will remain at the beach at Burres fer 15 days. “. and will sicir -arious places in Durres and Tirana, the Kruje and Petrele. 3 castles, the re-astery Of Ardenice, etc. Yy 10 Octever 1956, six other Csecheslevak groupes will have visited Albania. In addition, tourista are expected from the TEAR, Ruwania, Bulgaria, Poland, and East Germany.: Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 - - | POOR COPY | fl === [Page 14] === Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4 STAT AL ties USSR -- Moscow, Pravia, 19 Aug 56 A group of tourists from Omsk have returned from China, where it spent 22 days. EAST GERMANY FROM HUNGARY -- Berlin, Neves Deutschland, 11 Aug 56 As part of the GDR program to assist Hungary in the development of a chemical industry, several delegations from Hungarian chemical enterprises are to vist such GDR plants as the Leunaverke, the largest chemical enterprise in the GDR, vhere nitrogenous fertilizer production will be studied, | the Elektro-chemisches Kombinat (Electrochemical combine) in Bitterfeld, and the Schwefelsaeure- und Superphosphatverk (Sulfuric Acid and Superphosphate Plant) in Coswig. Hungary is particularly interested in arranging a wutual exchange of information on chlorine and also expects to make significant use of knawledge amare from visiting the Wolfen Gipaschvefelsaeurebetrieb Wolfen Sulfuric Acid Plant). POLAND FROM EAST GERMANY -- Berlin, Neue Zeit, 18 Jul 56 A delegation of craftsmen from theGDR under the leadership of Guettler, president of the Chamber of Artisans in Karl-Marx-Stadt, recently met with representatives of the Polish Ministry of Small-Scale Industry and Handicrafts and others to discuss the organization and work of Polish craftsmen. The GDR group also toured small-scale industrial enterprises in leading Folish cities... se, A report was given on this trip in Warsaw recently, while an agreement was signed for expanded personal contact and exchange of trade literature between Polish and GDR craftsmen. USSR FROM EAST GERMANY -- Berlin, Neue Zeit, 26 Jul 56 On 25 July 1956, a delegation of East German journalists, among whom were Alwin Schaper, editor of Neve Zeit, and Kuba, prominent author, flew to Moscow for a 4-week study tour of the USSR. The delegation will probably be split into two groups and t.avel to Siberia and to Uzbekistan. Berlin, Neue Zeit, 13 Jul 56 A group of 20 craftsmen from Berlin and Kreise Koenigs Wusterhausen and Schoenebeck left recently for a l4-day study trip to Moscow and Leningrad. The group will study primarily the work of producer cooperatives. USSR FROM ORBIT -~ Moscow, Pravda, 21 Aug 56 - « Representatives from Bulgaria, Hungary, East Germany, China, Mongolia, Poland, Rumania, and Czechoslovakia met in Moscow on 20 August to discuss preparations for the International Geophysical Year. The conference will end on 25 August. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/01: CIA-RDP81-00280R000100010018-4