BIWEEKLY BULLETIN EDITED BY AGERPRES ROMANIAN NEWS AGENCY i

10th year - No. 13-14(911-^ 12) Febiuaiy 19» 1968

CONTENTS :

COMMUNIQUE ... 1 SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GRAND NATIONAL'ASSEMBLY OF THE ■ SOCIALIST HEPUBLIC OF RP^LAlJlA . 6 1 NEW ADMINI3THATIVE ORGANIZATION OF'THE'TERRITORY OP - ' j to SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF ROMANIA . 7 11 1 SETTING UP OF COUNTY PARTY COMMITTEES AND OF I PROVISIONAL COUNTY PEOPLE’S CQUNCII^ .. 10 SPEECH BY NICOLAE CEAUSESCU AT THE MEETING OF'THE || PARTY ACTIVE OF THE PRAHOVA COUNTY.. 11 NICOLAE.CEAUSESCU TOURS PLOIESTI TOWN ENTERPRISES ... 18 19

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The Plenary Meecin^ of the General Co^nfflittee of the Romanian Communist Party took place on February 14, 196d« Attending the plenary Ueeting as invitees^ were heads of section of the CC of the HCP, first secretaries of re¬ gional Party committees, chairmen of regional people's councils, heads of central state institutions, chief edi¬ tors of leading news-papers« 1« The plenary Meeting examined and endorsed the proposals presented by Comrade Nicolae Ceau^escu concer¬ ning the organization of counties and municipalities, pro¬ posals that have been finalized by the Party and State Central Commission based on the principles adopted by the National Conference of the Romanian Communist Party and on the public debates which took i^lace in this period* The Plenary Meeting decided that these proposals be sub¬ mitted for debate and legislation to the Grand National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania* 2* The Plenary Meeting examined the information presented by comrade Virgil Trofin on the structure of the new local Party organizations, in compliance with the measures of improvement of the country's administrative- territorial organization* ^ In keeping with the mandate given by the National Conference, namely of implementing on a Party line the measures following from discostinustia)of the regions and districts as administrative-territorial units and from the organization of counties and mtmicipalities, the Plenary Meeting of the Central Committee decided on the cessation of the activity of the regional and district Party orga- Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Alberta Libraries

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QizatioaS) on the eetablishment of county and municipal (town) Party organization, of their provisional leading bodies* In accordance with rules provisions, the leading committees of these organizations are to be elected at Party conferences to be held at the end of this year* The Plenary Meeting heard the information presented by comrade Paul liculescu-Mizll in connection with the international activity of the Romanian Gon^imis Party* The Plenary Meeting approved and assessed highly the activity carried on by the Executive Committee of the Central Committee for the development of comradely rela« tions, of contacts and exchanges of views between our Party and the fraternal parties conducted correspondingly with the cause of strengthening the unity of the communist and working-class movement, of all anti-Imperialist for¬ ces* The Plenary Meeting reasserted the full soli¬ darity of our Party and people with the heroic fight - of the Vietnamese people, the determination to grant it# henceforth too,full support, to militate for the immediate and unconditional cessation of the American bombing of the Vietnam democratic Bepublic, for putting an end to the imperialist aggression in South Vietnam and the with> drawal of the interventionist troops, for observance of the Vietnamese people’s right to decide its own fate# without a^ outside interference* The Plenim:y Meeting examined the problems re¬ lated to the Invitation of .the Eomanian Communist Party to the consultative meeting annotmced for Pebruary 26# 196S# in Budapest# in preparation of an international conference of the communist and workers’parties* The Eomanian Communist Party conceives the consultative seeting in Budapest as an opportunity for an exchange of views between parties with regard to the p:jwQ'^3p: \miQX^M9ijLa «'* •

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The proceedings of the ninth special session of the fifth legislature of the Grand National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Romania took place in Bucharest on February 15 and 16, 1968. Attending the session besides the deputies were many invited guests from all over the country, heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Bucharest, Ro Dianian our” nalists and foreign press correspondents in Bucharest. The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party, President of the State Coun¬ cil of the Socialist Republic of Romania Nicolae Ceau^escu made the exposition on the improvement of the administra¬ tive organization of the territory of the Socialist Republic of Romania. Debates, in which many deputies participated, took place in connection with the exposition as well with the draft bills concerning the modification of some articles of the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Romania., the administrative organization of the country's territory, and the ensuring of local Stats government in the adminis¬ trative-territorial units until the election of the people’s councils. After the debates, the deputies voted the draft bills on the agenda which thus have become laws.

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The counties are complex territorial units from the economic, social and cultural point of view, balanced as to their area, number of residents and economic potential, ca¬ pable of ensuring the high-grade turning to account of the material resources all over the country, for raising the welfare of the entire people. The surface of a county is, on the average, of al¬ most 6,100 sq.km, and the population of over 450,000. The county is formed of towns and communes - basic units of tne administrative-territorial organization of the country. The town is the populated centre more developed from the economic, social-cultural and municipal-administrative point of view. The municipalities are towns that have a greater num¬ ber of residents, a special importance in the economic, so¬ cial-political and cultural-scientific life of this country or have conditions for their development on these lines* The following towns are to be organized as municipa¬ lities! Alba lulia, Arad, Bacau, Baia Mare, Birlad, Boto^ani, •* SJTL ■ V " ' , ■ ' , . .j^il'mea '» ipj; :iti pj' 'tiKO a' ■ •» # 7S iSnJ::76X'S^^4fi.»a - tf|£s r.o'i „,. sti":;« 4 i WF^, BTg^l J'tftS x^aeos t«rSE 7.1^ -• X^xwQO uXdiB ~-S^ >. Xiin00o ■.tvs9aAiS -.*e 6i«^B^&XA Utjfr© - t4:&uOd 0sa*iO»X©!C -».A^

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SETTING UP OF COUNTY PAHPY COMMITTEES AND OF PROVISIONAL

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Under the decisions adopted at tJie recent Plenary Meeting of the Central Comniittee of the Romanian Communist Party concerning the application on Party line of the measures deriving from the dissolution of the regions and districts as administrative-territorial units of Romania, plenary meetings of the regional Party committees were held on February 16, in all the country's regions which de¬ cided on the cessation of the activity of the regional Par¬ ty organizations in view of the setting up of the county Party organizations and of the election of their provision¬ al executive bodies* The same day,in compliance with the law on the administrative-territorial organization passed by the Grand National Assembly,sessions of the regional people's Councils were held,which decided on the cessation of acti¬ vity of these State bodies* On February 17, in all the 59 counties of the country meetings were organized of the Party active and of the deputies to the regional and district people's councils within the radius of the respective counties, at which the county Party committees, the county people's councils and their provisional executive bodies were constituted*- The meetings of the Party active and of deputies were at¬ tended in each county by Party and State leaders of Roma¬ nia* Nicolae Geau§escu, General Secretary of the GO of the RCP, President of the State Council, spoke at the meeting held in Prahova county* j. a*«r^o35 TKwoo • ■ '* ■-• — •*4 »•

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SPEECH BY NICOLAE CEAUSESCU AT THE MEETING OP THE PAHTT

ACTIVE OF THE PRAHOVA COUNTY

Nicolae Ceau^escu said at the beginning of his speech that the inauguration of the new local Party and State bodies signifies implementation of one of*highly important decisions endorsed by the National Conference of the Party concerning the perfecting of the conduct of social life in Somania. A new stage is ushered in in the activity of the Party and State bodies with deep-going repercussions for the future development of our socia¬ list society, for raising the welfare of our entire people. The measures concerning the new administrative-territorial organization endorsed by the recent Grand National Assembly session , which are an integral part of the programme for perfecting the general management of the economic and social activity, provide a better organizational framework for the creative work of building the new social system in Romania. By removing some intermediary echelons the cen¬ tral management comes nearer to the basic units, the town and commune, and their role in the whole economic-social activity, in the work of socialist construction is growl¬ ing. A still larger participation of the broad people's mass will be ensured in running State and social affairs, as well as the development and perfecting of our socia¬ list democracy - fundamental feature of our new system. After having extensively referred to the tasks in¬ cumbent on the county Party committees and the communal, town and county people's councils, the speaker said: This year has started well. During its first month the plan provisions were topped. All conditions exist for fulfilling, this year too, the plan provisions. The 25iJ3S juoce^aaO tfjEulti rfaaoffe iXQjfct)..jef4£f»Boiqpi^ e9iliflf»la cbl6o^ d3a;tB ♦■>( •;f*|3^'' •■< ' ’ *3 ■ i4iK>x8s1l»»di? x tf/3acHxoX©veJ& ♦wtri:’! ©xitf er^iaax/saakiOT lo ©«iet$X9v/ sd^J ?aX«ij5it ,xiis/50c’ ^ail wwi j^XsTdoa^C* e^ii/aaauc adT ^isrifrofjn ©dd t;d J^eTO-fetio Sc XdT^^Sn^ 41S ax* daiiis^i} ^ ooiaaea eXfi^ixoo© So tfAa®»Saxxfl5» iJBX'acrarg ©tdT? ;^aiJtoolad5 Mxqwi^jb^S l5iioX;J*i!:laj6S*to, xestf ed b aJblraa^ XBiooe Xfixbo& won ©dd scsXiJl j:Bd So afxow adtf 101 ' »*o« siiXvo»*x siS •elfusttoH itl ” ctao!^ ®d5f adiJ o;t i&oiooa ^tstao itsto^st^j^Aasa Ist^ L^wa-'OJsadiJoo© ^offp; adX jtI alox aXodtf Jqca , &d^*Boo Jb0A f• aX adXtfoo^ejQfOC :taXXBXoo0 So ed^ «.i ,x^ivi;Jaa noXrfj&QXol;?!Leq-xagtaX IX4--la X .^oi IbXOO£ 2££i^ni/!i Hi j&exiiarro a# Xiiir aaajo _j, 'i Sc |»a» :fn(xai;oi^v0l^ ©dtiX^ XX©w aa ttdo ^^,^^^B0l 'XJ9tf<^saBiJXIiJi - "^piBZoomoi) tfaiX . ^ i&<&'x^SdX' •‘T^Xov, 1 aos^ste 7*^*1^ *^ T^jJnaoo e/K ao SaBdiawo '4s ,aXX!ofl[yoo B* -^irf.^' 0 Scit awOS *XX'sw JboS'XESe ia&d "XBOiSj ald!?^

B, e^ew &aojt9Xvoaq r^qxtidS »^iroXl^blq.bpBX<5:' odU ,oaS rtBor eXdS .arriLCl' CJ - 12 - work done by the Romanian people in socialist construction is, undoubtedly, of great importance for the development of our socialist nation, of great national significance* By successfully guiding this work the Party is fulfilling its fundamental task in society, that of organizer and leader in the struggle of building the new system, of realizing the country*s general progress and of raising the welfare of the whole people. At the same time, the Party fulfils in this way an international task. The internal successes in socialist construction are of great international significance, as between the internal and external tasks there is an in¬ dissoluble unity. The bigger successes each socialist country is recording in socialist construction, the more the material and spiritual strength of each socialist nation grows, the greater is the strength and influence in the world of the whole world socialist system. Through its entire activity our Party is making an active contribution to the struggle against imperialism, to the victory of the cause of socialism, peace and social progress throughout the world. Referring to some problems of the current interna¬ tional situation Nicolae Geau^escu said: The evolution of international life fully confirms the principles of the foreign policy of our Party and State, the correctness of the directions along which we proceed in our activity on a world plane. More and more forces are rising against the aggressive policy and actions of imperialism, and in the first place the aggressive policy and action of American imperialism. Growingly broad forces and more and more politicians speak up for an end to the US bombing of the Vietnam DR, for the cessation of its aggression against the Vietnamese people. The evolution of the fights in fe'53^I3^ ,8j^ m ;4i'i^|i«w i;;^4eus -^o to ' ‘

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South Vietnam, Che successes obtained by the patriotic forces against the reactionary forces of Saigon and aga¬ inst the American interventionists stand proof of the force of the National Liberation Front, of the fighting capacity of a people that has risen to defend its liberty, the right to decide its fate by itself without outside interference. The Party and Government of our country consider it absolutely necessary that an end be put to the aggression in Vietnam, chat the air raids and the aggressive acts against Vietnam Dfi be stopped immediately and unconditionally and that the Vietnamese people be left to solve the problems of its life by itself without outside interference. y We are anxious about the situation in the Near East, about the fact that tension continues to be main¬ tained in that region and that we are witnesses to con¬ tinued occurrences of a series of local conflicts. This creates a great danger to the peace in that part of the world, as well as to general peace. Therefore, we consi¬ der it necessary that efforts be made for the withdrawal of the Israeli troops as soon as possible from the oc¬ cupied territories, for the peaceful soluuioii'hf the controversial problems, including that of the Arab refu¬ gees, for ensuring the security of the frontiers of all the states in that region, of their national independence. It must be understood that the maintenance of tension only serves international imperialism and reaction in those states. Everything must be done so that a peaceful solution be found to the Near East conflicts. The problem of European security also continues to focus the preoccupations of our Party and State. We hold that new and positive results have been obtained in this domain too and that there are favourable conditions for f’urther actions to be taken on the path of improving . .. .^ nAd^jmX ifSii ^tiai

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activity on all planes for further steps to be taken on ithe path of creating the necessary conditions for the im¬ plementation of European security. Mankind is justly preoccupied with the danger spelt 'by the existence of nuclear weapons. Therefore, it is neces¬ sary to make sustained efforts for the cessation of the .nuclear armaments race, the liquidation of the existing stockpiles; this is the only real way that could safeguard jmankind against the deuiger of a thermo-nuclear wax. The non¬ proliferation of atomic weapons whose significance is in¬ contestable, must be implemented in the conditions of as- Isuring all the nations that renounce these weapons, that I they shall never be the victims of an atomic aggression 'or of a threat of nuclear weapons being used against them, lit is the legitimate right of each state that renounces the atomic weapon to have the certainty that no attempts j will be made on its national independence and sovereignty, jThe use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes is taking on great importance for the future- It can be said that [ on this depends the future economic progress itself of i each country. That is why the access to researches in i this domain to the use of nuclear energy for peaceful pur- * I poses must be ensured without any kind of restrictions I to all the states, j A particularly important problem of our epoch is ' the support that has to be given to the economic growth of the underdeveloped countries. This is an imperative of the greatest importance at the present in the life of man— I kind, whose solution will have a tremendous influence on future development, on the international political climate. It can be understood that maintenance of large zones of the globe at an underdeveloped, undernourished level, can¬ not but be a hindrance in the path of developing coopera¬ tion among peoples, cannot but bring prejudices to the cause of peace, of social progress and civilization general¬ ly. r'fe

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NICOLAE CKAUSESCU TOURS PLOIESTI TOWN ENTERPRISES

Nicolae Ceau§escu, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party, President of the State Council, paid a short visit to the town of Ploie^ti, At the Brazi refinery, the first objective seen round was the catalytic cracking complex, unit which was commissioned in September 1967 and which is one of the most up-to-date units of its kind on the continent. The catalytic cracking complex processes annualy about 1,100,000 tons of heavy crude oil distillates ensuring thus a higher turning to good use of these raw materials, ^'The General Secretary of the CO of the RCP positively ap¬ preciated the fact that in a short lapse of time, the in¬ stallations were producing at the planned capacity. At present, the value of the over-all production realized at this complex is tantamount to the total output of the re¬ fineries in Gimpina and Ploie§ti Nord, The next visit was to the Ploie§ti petrochemical combine where in 1968 a factory of phenol and acetone will be commissioned with an annual capacity of 15,000 tons of acetone and 25,000 tons of phenol, and a factory for dimetbyil-terephthalate planned to produce 14,000 tons annually, products to be used especially for the manufactu¬ re of polyester fibres. Building work on the new objectives is six months ahead of time. Afterwards, the hothouses of the Ploie§ti State agri¬ cultural enterprise were visited, a vegetable growing complex stretching over more than 50 hectares. At noon, Nicolae Ceau^escu participated in the me¬ eting of the Party active at which the County Party Com¬ mittee, the County People*s Council and their provisional executive bodies where constituted. *■•'45f’i. 'ft

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Nicolae Ceaugescu, President of the State Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania, received on February 13, Jaromir Ocheduszko, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo¬ tentiary of the Polish People's Republic in Bucharest, who presented his credentials. In the speeches made on the occasion, the Polish Am¬ bassador and the State Council President spotlighted the development of the Romanian-Polish friendly relations and the expansion of cooperation between the two countries.

Ib Norlund, member of the Executive Committee, Secre¬ tary of the CC of the Communist Party of Denmark, paid a visit of friendship to Romania between February 9 aod. 12, at the invitation of the CC of the RCP* He was received by Nicolae Ceau^escu, General Secretary of the CC of the RCP, together with Leonte Rautu, member of the Executive Commit¬ tee, Secretary of the CC of the RCP. During the meeting problems of the present-day international situation, of the communist and working-class movement, and also problems concerning the steady progress of the fraternal relations between the two Parties were discussed. + Franz Muhri, Chairman of rne Communist Party of Aus¬ tria, paid a visit of friendship to Romania, over February 11 and 13, at the invitation of the CC of the RCP. He had a meeting with Nicolae Ceau§escu, General Secretary of the CC of the RCP, together with Manea Manescu, alternate mem¬ ber of the Executive Committee, Secretary of the CC of the RCP, during which views were exchanged on current problems of the international situation, of the communist and work¬ ing-class movement as well as on some problems of common interest to the two Parties.

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On February 12 and 13 V. Koucky, Secretary of the CC of the Communiat Party of Cze^choslovakia, paid a friendly visit to Romania at the invitation of the CC of the RCP. He had meetings with Nicolae Ceaugescu, General Secretary of the CC of the RCP, Paul Niculescu-Mlzil, member of the Executive Committee and of the Standing Presidium, Secre¬ tary of the CC of the RCP, and Mihai Dalea, Secretary of the CC of the RCP, exchanging views on the occasion,on the development of the relations of friendship between the two Parties and States, and also on some present-day problems of the international communist and working-class movement. + Daring the visit of friendship B.N. Ponomariov^ Se¬ cretary of the CC of the CPSU, paid to Romania bn February 16 and 1? at the invitation of the CC of the RCP, he had talks with Nicolae Ceau^escu, General Secretary of the CC of the RCP, Paul Niculescu-Mizil, member of the Executive Committee and of the Standing Presidium, Secretary of the CC of the RCP, and with Mihai Dalea, Secretary of the CC of the RCP. During the talks, views were exchanged on pre¬ sent-day problems of the international communist and work¬ ing-class movement and on problems concerning the prepara¬ tion of the consultative meeting and the international con¬ ference of the communist and workers* parties.

♦ The delegation of the Communist Party of Japan who paid a visit to Romania between February 13 and 20 at the invitation of the CC of the RCP was formed of Tomic Nishizawa, member of the Presidium and of the Secretariat of the CC of the Communist Party of Japan, and Hiroshi Ido, member of the Editorial Board of the "International documents" review of the Communist Party of Japan. During the meetings they had with Nicolae Ceau^escu, General Secretary of the CC of the RCP, Chivu Stoica and Paul Niculescu-Mizil, mem¬ bers of the Executive Committee and of the Standing Presi- L#' 4o?il^*#« A “»**: .OTMdi4'° ^ >

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■f The Plenary Mooting of the Central Council of the Go- j noral Trade Union Confederation of Romania, held**in Bucha- i j rest on February 16, discussed and approved the measures con- j cerning the improvement of the organizational structures of I the territorial trade union bodies, in consequence of the law passed by the Grand National Assembly concerning the ! new administrative-territorial organization of the country, the preliminary implementation of tha Budget for 1967 and the Draft Budget for 1968, the implementation of the budget of State insurance for 1967, and established the measures for the banding over of the administration of the social insur¬ ance funds to the Ministry of Labour, in the light of the ' Decision adopted by the RCP National Conference. The parti¬ cipants in the Plenary Meeting were informed of the results of the socialist emulations in 1967 and decided to give mo¬ ral and material incentives to those who have been front- rankers in socialist emulation for five years running + The 35th anniversary of the heroic struggles of the Romanian railway and oil workers, of January-Pebruary 1933, and the Railway Worker's Day have been celebrated throughout the country by various events, being an opportunity of review¬ ing the contribution made by the railway workers to tha great achievements obtained in building up the socialist society in Romania. + A Romanian Government economic delegation led by Ale- xandru Boaba, Oil Minister, visited Ceylon berween Peoruary 1 and 10, at the invitation of tha Minister of Industry and Fishery of Ceyloj. tiai rto-fjao^ ,'m f0Wrt(»dJ^4|l^^u^3a to 8tsoi:»«I^ ex!j»,,tO aolenfi mii lo X4oqubo0 XoitfUftO »4# « W' "*1 « '■ ^ i ■ - ""5^' .. ' ■■ '-'^'^'11 4o4oxifi OX* Mod vBJtaeoiofl to aoito;£ajOotooO aoXoV ©OsTT^Xe! *^*^®*^®*ca*^^ bovoxqpQo JbflB .6oB«if6aXJ6 ,dX ^xsusdo^^ab ;ti to-oo!Ui^a;;istfi XoooXi^BsiSBSTO odtf to^aam/voKiiaJ «4^snia! J mL ' ' ' ''^i' ■ ■■ '"^ ■ adif to oooaaporaoo at «&oli>od aotasj aOes^ XeXsQtXfso^ t 'jfi ^ ^oiaxdoaoo ^cfaeoei .fiooxCiedcf ^ JbssBa^ i odtf to ooitBsioeaxo XelxotXisotf-ovX^BWsialiRjSSi^'i 6ob sol sdtf lo aoittft^aazjioXgA!: tssoXiaiXoii^iJi to^bfKi odi^ to ooi^6;taojffeIq«X 9d^ ,88^1 io eesAfeeam od^ OodeHdeitBO &cr« |V80I sot aoaeujaaifoits^i jytil -iwm4 XaXopa od# to aoX«>Bs^a±a^«i>o ediT to lovo sollwaal »dit odd to 5td8XX odt iat ,5iiodBJ 16 tsdeXOdW o!dtt odiadaiA -itfsoq adT «ooQeiotaoO ioaoXitellr odd xd bQ^qjob% ooXdi: BdXjVBos odd Ip iiojBioloX osoiv aoidooa x:5«oo^^ aX -o« 0vXti 6d XoXXooJb^^QB Bi BaoXdoXai?o daXXeiooo arid '*>' .'V^ * S’"'' ■■''■ ''■('■ -daosl Boeo ovod odw osoxTd od eavidaeoaX XoXsedaiB doa i Bsae^ wit sot aoidQli^iao fmilBXoo^^aX asarif

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--...... Following the discussions held with the executives o of the economic ministries in*Ceylon, an economic end tech¬ nical cooperation agreement was signed between Homania and Ceylon. On the Romanian side the agreement was signed by AlexandLru Boabd, while on the Ceylon side by Hugh Fernando, Trade Minister. The leader of the Romanian delegation called on the Prime Minister of Ceylon.

•f A delegation of the Soviet-Romanian Friendship Asso¬ ciation led by Aleksandr Danilov Ivanovich, Minister of Edu¬ cation of the Russian SFSR, deputy to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, paid a visit to Romania between February 2 and 13, during which they attended the events occasioned by the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Friendship, Coopera¬ tion and Mutual Assistance Treaty between Romania and the USSR. The delegation toured the towns of Bucharest, Si- biu, Deva, Hunedoara, Timisoara, Turnu Severin and Craiova. + After a several-day visit of friendship p.lu to Cuba at the invitation of the CC of the Communist Party of Cuba, Bmil Bodnara§, member of the Executive Committee and of the Standing Presidium of the CC of the RCP, together with Dumi- tru Laz^, alternate member of the CC of the RCP, deputy head of the international relations section of the CC of the RCP, arrived back in Bucharest on February 17* They had talks with members of the Political Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Cuba. At the invitation of Fidel Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, Emil Bodnara§, saw the work being done for the arrangement and development of agriculture in the Havana region; Fidel Castro gave ample explanations in connection with the plans for the many-sided development of the Cuban agriculture and of the other branches of the na¬ tional economy. The Romanian guests toured various regions ..,J-6.sevftao»x* b4V;<1#'1*-M ed»'8flJ;*e^I<« ■"^'m « -4»»"rte9 oi«oQoo« o«;.BoX?»pita BBiiHalato ateoa^e’^J .io 'i f#»j>OB eiOBBoa a»ew4*^i> »B» *o»»sdiBe aBXaeBolt eri^^Of.aoXtsO', ■'■•S'" '■'■;.-•li.^fotaoaiai liattH td atta aoXt»Oi.eg* aoj aXiriw^IMdaS uiXeiaa^^. fcsXIeo aoldaseXaft osiOMOH add lo lafwal adS «*;•»*« ♦aolt»0 10 so 'ir ■ , fr ' -aaaA ,ld.6aal*« aeraanofl-iaivoS arid So aoiJea8iol.‘i'''i; ■:,. -I i<^ —t-aa’*! —^ lk».'r7v'rt#Bi -irba So laieiom .rioivonevl foltata aboeddaii'. ^ baX Boldelo _ 4' Oo^lo aol^fBOj»ji4 I- bOt* lo ^^olvo8 efftsiqifS odt oi ,SS%8 oftlalbft «^X jbaa S i^iaasria^ aaawdod aioainoa otf diai^^B add I ■ »dd td baaoXaeaoo adaatfe arid 'befiftadda dobria adXiub -8»a~o0 .qtriabaabWadd^'aaiaaXe arid So^^ewaiooB ridOS arid fiae eioanofl aaeadad tdBadl aooBdalaaX XaridiJK ^ ao|dr -IE .deoTBrioiia So aaaod arid ' boauod arit ..Ta2» • avolsso /5fle ai^svea oainT ,etBO>lalT ,#i»oIi®cioH .ttroa

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