DOCSLIB.ORG

MEETING of the POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FORMED in ACCORDANCE with the WARSAW TREATY Prague, May 1958 MINUTES of the Deci

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
MEETING of the POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FORMED in ACCORDANCE with the WARSAW TREATY Prague, May 1958 MINUTES of the Deci Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP) May 2009 Records of the Political Consultative Committee, 1955-1991 www.php.isn.ethz.ch Edited by Douglas Selvage and Vojtech Mastny MEETING OF THE POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WARSAW TREATY Prague, May 1958 MINUTES Of the Decisions at the Meeting of the Political Consultative Committee Formed in Accordance with the Warsaw Treaty on 24 May 1958 in Moscow The meeting started at 10 a.m. Moscow time in Georgievsky Hall of the Kremlin Palace. Attendees: From the People’s Republic of Mehmet Shehu, Chairman of the Council of Albania: Ministers Enver Hoxha, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Albanian Labor Party Maj. General Arif Hasko, Chief of the General Staff of the People’s Army of the People’s Republic of Albania From the People’s Republic of Anton Yugov, Chairman of the Council of Bulgaria: Ministers Todor Zhivkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Karlo Lukanov, Minister of Foreign Affairs General of the Army Peter Panchevsky, Minister of National Defense From the Hungarian People’s János Kádár, Prime Minister Republic: Endre Sik, Minister of Foreign Affairs Col. General Géza Révész, Minister of Defense From the German Democratic Otto Grotewohl, Chairman of the Council of Republic: Ministers Walter Ulbricht, First Secretary of the SED Central Committee Col. General Willi Stoph, Minister of National Defense Copyright 1999-2009 Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP). All rights reserved. If cited, quoted, translated, or reproduced, acknowledgement of any document’s origin must be made as follows: “Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP), www.php.isn.ethz.ch, by permission of the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich on behalf of the PHP network.” Funding for the translation and annotation of this document was provided by the United States National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through Collaborative Research Grant Project RZ-50701-07, “The Cold War and Human Security: Translations for the Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact,” Douglas Selvage, Principal Investigator. - 1 - Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP) May 2009 Records of the Political Consultative Committee, 1955-1991 www.php.isn.ethz.ch Edited by Douglas Selvage and Vojtech Mastny Bruno Leuschner, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Otto Winzer, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs From the Polish People’s Republic: Józef Cyrankiewicz, Chairman of the Council of Ministers Władysław Gomulka, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Polish United Workers’ Party Adam Rapacki, Minister of Foreign Affairs Armor General Marian Spychalski, Minister of National Defense From the Romanian People’s Chivu Stoica, Chairman of the Council of Republic: Ministers G. Georghiu-Dej, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Romanian Workers’ Party Emil Bodnaras, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers Avram Bunaciu, Minister of Foreign Affairs Col. General Leontin Salajan, Minister of Defense From the Union of the Soviet N.S. Khrushchev, Chairman of the Council of Socialist Republics: Ministers A. A. Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs Marshall of the Soviet Union, R.Ya. Malinovsky, Minister of Defense From the Czechoslovak Republic: Viliam Siroký, Chairman of the Government Václav David, Minister of Foreign Affairs Col. General Bohumír Lomský, Minister of National Defense As an observer from the People’s Chen Yun, Deputy Premier of the State Council Republic of China Li Fu-ch'un, Deputy Premier of the State Council Copyright 1999-2009 Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP). All rights reserved. If cited, quoted, translated, or reproduced, acknowledgement of any document’s origin must be made as follows: “Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP), www.php.isn.ethz.ch, by permission of the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich on behalf of the PHP network.” Funding for the translation and annotation of this document was provided by the United States National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through Collaborative Research Grant Project RZ-50701-07, “The Cold War and Human Security: Translations for the Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact,” Douglas Selvage, Principal Investigator. - 2 - Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP) May 2009 Records of the Political Consultative Committee, 1955-1991 www.php.isn.ethz.ch Edited by Douglas Selvage and Vojtech Mastny The session was attended by the Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces, Marshall of the Soviet Union I.S. Konev. The following decisions were made at the meeting of the Political Consultative Committee: 1. To approve the meeting’s schedule as proposed by the representative of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria, Comrade Yugov: 1) Exchange of opinions about the current international situation; 2) Report of the Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces on the conditions of the Unified Armed Forces, the new reductions in the Warsaw Treaty countries’ armed forces, and the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the territory of the Romanian People’s Republic. 3) Approval of the Declaration of the Warsaw Treaty Countries, accepting the language for a non-aggression pact between the Warsaw Treaty countries and the countries of NATO. 2. The Committee will hold a meeting on May 24. 3. Based on the exchange of opinions on the current international situation, it was decided to approve the language of the Warsaw Treaty countries’ declaration and the language for a non-aggression pact between the Warsaw Treaty countries and the NATO countries. 4. Regarding the report of the Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces Comrade Konev: a) To approve the decision to reduce the Warsaw Treaty member-countries’ armed forces in 1958. b) To approve the decision to withdraw Soviet troops from Romania. c) To approve the report of the Supreme Commander of the Unified Armed Forces Comrade I. S. Konev and approve changes in the organized strength of troops detailed to the Unified Armed Forces. 5. As proposed by the Soviet Delegation, to relieve comrade A. I. Antonov of his duties as Secretary General of the Political Consultative Committee and elect comrade N.S. Patolichev to this position. To approve the language of Communiqué on the Meeting of the Political Consultative Committee. Secretary General of the Political Consultative Committee A. Antonov Copyright 1999-2009 Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP). All rights reserved. If cited, quoted, translated, or reproduced, acknowledgement of any document’s origin must be made as follows: “Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP), www.php.isn.ethz.ch, by permission of the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich on behalf of the PHP network.” Funding for the translation and annotation of this document was provided by the United States National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through Collaborative Research Grant Project RZ-50701-07, “The Cold War and Human Security: Translations for the Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact,” Douglas Selvage, Principal Investigator. - 3 - Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP) May 2009 Records of the Political Consultative Committee, 1955-1991 www.php.isn.ethz.ch Edited by Douglas Selvage and Vojtech Mastny From the People’s Republic of RAMOHITO HALIM (signed) Albania: From the People’s Republic of PEIKOV (signed) Bulgaria: From the Hungarian People’s KAROL ERDÉLYI (signed) Republic: From the German Democratic WOLFGANG KIESEWETTER (signed) Republic: From the Polish People’s Republic: KULAGA (signed) From the Romanian People’s PETRESKU (signed) Republic: From the Union of the Soviet G. KEREKOTEN’ (signed) Socialist Republics: From the Czechoslovak Republic: MILAN KLUSAK (signed) [Translation by Julia La Villa Nossova] Copyright 1999-2009 Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP). All rights reserved. If cited, quoted, translated, or reproduced, acknowledgement of any document’s origin must be made as follows: “Parallel History Project on Cooperative Security (PHP), www.php.isn.ethz.ch, by permission of the Center for Security Studies at ETH Zurich on behalf of the PHP network.” Funding for the translation and annotation of this document was provided by the United States National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through Collaborative Research Grant Project RZ-50701-07, “The Cold War and Human Security: Translations for the Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact,” Douglas Selvage, Principal Investigator. - 4 - .
Load more

Recommended publications
  • [ 1958 ] Appendices
    APPENDIX I ROSTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (As of 31 December 1958) TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED POPULATION (IN THOUSANDS) DATE OF U.N. MEMBER (Square kilometres) Date Total MEMBERSHIP Afghanistan 650,000 1 July 1957 13,000 19 Nov. 1946 Albania 28,748 31 Dec. 1957 1,482 14 Dec. 1955 Argentina 2,778,412 31 Dec. 1958 20,438 24 Oct. 1945 Australia 7,704,159 31 Dec. 1958 9,952 1 Nov. 1945 Austria 83,849 31 Dec. 1957 7,011 14 Dec. 1955 Belgium 30,507 31 Dec. 1957 9,027 27 Dec. 1945 Bolivia 1,098,581 5 Sep. 1958 3,311 14 Nov. 1945 Brazil 8,513,844 31 Dec. 1958 63,466 24 Oct. 1945 Bulgaria 111,493 1 July 1957 7,667 14 Dec. 1955 Burma 677,950 1 July 1958 20,255 19 Apr. 1948 Byelorussian SSR 207,600 1 Apr. 1956 8,000 24 Oct. 1945 Cambodia 172,511 Apr. 1958 4,740 14 Dec. 1955 Canada 9,974,375 1 Dec. 1958 17,241 9 Nov. 1945 Ceylon 65,610 1 July 1958 9,361 14 Dec. 1955 Chile 741,767 30 June 1958 7,298 24 Oct. 1945 China 9,796,973 1 July 1957 649,5061 24 Oct. 1945 Colombia 1,138,355 5 July 1958 13,522 5 Nov. 1945 Costa Rica 50,900 31 Dec. 1958 1,097 2 Nov. 1945 Cuba 114,524 1 July 1958 6,466 24 Oct. 1945 Czechoslovakia 127,859 1 July 1958 13,469 24 Oct. 1945 Denmark 43,042 1 July 1957 4,500 24 Oct.
    [Show full text]
  • Koreaforschung
    INHALT VI Viennese Contributions to Korean Studies Special issue on ‘North Korea: ‘Crisis as an Opportunity’ and the Unintended Consequences of Engagement’ Youngmi Kim North Korea: ‘Crisis as an Opportunity’ and the Unin- tended Consequences of Engagement Wiener Beiträge Hyug-Baeg Im Exceptional Difficulties of Peace Building in Korean Peninsula: An Eclectic Approach zur Robert Winstanley-Chesters Examining Emergent Environmental Strategies in the Era of Kim Jong Un Gianluca Spezza Education, International Cooperation and Future Chal- lenges for the DPRK Koreaforschung Valentina Marinescu & Kim Jong Il’s death and legacy: Media Frames Ecaterina Balica and Myths in Romanian Media Matteo Fumagalli Regime Survival, Societal Resilience and Koreanologie • Institut für Ostasienwissenschaften Change in North Korea Universität Wien Articles (Hrsg.) Rainer Dormels The Impact of Democratization Processes on the Re- cruitment of Cabinet Ministers in South Korea Jeongim Hyun What Makes A Social Movement Possible? A Case Study of Korea’s 2012 Candlelight Movement Soyoung Kim & A Disparity between Faith and Actu- John Harbord ality: A Story of North Korean Political Defectors in Bul- garia Reviews “Nation Building in South Korea Koreans, Americans, and the Making of a Democracy”; Re- viewer: Alexander Akbik Wiener Beiträge zur Koreaforschung “Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism”; Reviewer: Alexis Clifford “Whose Ideas Matter? Agency and Power in Asian Regionalism”; Reviewer: Archana Chaturvedi “Monetary and Financial
    [Show full text]
  • FÁBRICAS DE COMUNISTAS: ESCUELAS DE PARTIDO Y ESTRATEGIAS ORGÁNICAS EN LOS AÑOS TREINTA1 Communist Factories: Party Schools and Organic Strategies in the 1930S
    FÁBRICAS DE COMUNISTAS: ESCUELAS DE PARTIDO Y ESTRATEGIAS ORGÁNICAS EN LOS AÑOS TREINTA1 Communist factories: Party schools and organic strategies in the 1930s JOSÉ CARLOS RUEDA LAFFOND Universidad Complutense de Madrid [email protected] Cómo citar/Citation Rueda Laffond, J. C. (2018). Fábricas de comunistas: escuelas de partido y estrategias orgánicas en los años treinta. Historia y Política, 40, 263-297. doi: https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.40.10 (Recepción: 17/06/2017. Evaluación: 04/08/2017. Aceptación: 01/10/2017. Publicación: 02/11/2018) Resumen El artículo analiza las escuelas políticas de cuadros comunistas en la década de los años treinta. A partir de documentación orgánica procedente de los fondos de la Internacional Comunista (IC) y del Partido Comunista de España (PCE) explora los rasgos distintivos de la Escuela Internacional Lenin (ELI), la presencia de militantes comunistas españoles en ese centro, las políticas de fomento de escuelas nacionales y el devenir histórico de las escuelas del PCE entre 1936-38. Sus conclusiones resaltan tres elementos: la necesidad de ubicar el objeto de estudio en los parámetros transna- cionales y en la simbiosis entre el canon político-cultural estalinista y las estrategias 1 Resultado del Proyecto «Diccionario de símbolos políticos y sociales: claves icono- gráficas, lugares de memoria e hitos simbólicos en el imaginario español del sigloxx » (MINECO, ref. HAR2016-77416-P). Agradezco las observaciones planteadas por Juan Francisco Fuentes y Marie-Angèle Orobon. 264 JOSÉ CARLOS RUEDA LAFFOND de nacionalización existentes en el movimiento comunista, el valor medular adqui- rido por la formación de cuadros en el ideal orgánico comunista y los desajustes pre- sentes en la plasmación práctica de esa labor pedagógica en la España en guerra.
    [Show full text]
  • [ 1961 ] Appendices
    APPENDIX I ROSTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (As of 31 December 1961) 2 1 DATE OF ADMIS- TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED POPULATION (IN THOUSANDS) MEMBER SION TO U.N. (Square kilometres) Total Date Afghanistan 19 Nov. 1946 650,000 13,800 1 July 1960 Albania 14 Dec. 1955 28,748 1,625 2 Oct. 1960 Argentina 24 Oct. 1945 2,776,656 20,006 30 Sep. 1960 Australia 1 Nov. 1945 7,704,159 10,508 30 June 1961 Austria 14 Dec. 1955 83,849 7,081 1 July 1961 Belgium 27 Dec. 1945 30,507 9,178 31 Dec. 1960 Bolivia 14 Nov. 1945 1,098,581 3,509 5 Sep. 1961 Brazil 24 Oct. 1945 8,513,844 70,799 1 Sep. 1960 Bulgaria 14 Dec. 1955 110,669 7,867 1 July 1960 Burma 19 Apr. 1948 678,033 21,527 1 July 1961 Byelorussian SSR 24 Oct. 1945 207,600 8,226 1 Jan. 1961 Cambodia 14 Dec. 1955 172,511 4,952 1 July 1960 Cameroun 20 Sep. 1960 475,442 4,097 1 July 1960 Canada 9 Nov. 1945 9,976,177 18,238 1 June 1961 Central African Republic 20 Sep. 1960 617,000 1,227 1 July 1960 Ceylon 14 Dec. 1955 65,610 10,167 30 J u n e 1961 Chad 20 Sep. 1960 1,284,000 2,675 31 Dec. 1960 Chile 24 Oct. 1945 741,767 7,340 29 Nov. 1960 China 24 Oct. 1945 9,596,961 656,220 31 Dec. 1957 Colombia 5 Nov. 1945 1,138,338 14,443 5 July 1961 Congo (Brazzaville) 20 Sep.
    [Show full text]
  • June 02, 1961 Politburo Central Committee Bulgarian Communist Party Resolution Regarding Invitation to Fidel Castro to Visit Bulgaria
    Digital Archive digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org International History Declassified June 02, 1961 Politburo Central Committee Bulgarian Communist Party Resolution Regarding Invitation to Fidel Castro to Visit Bulgaria Citation: “Politburo Central Committee Bulgarian Communist Party Resolution Regarding Invitation to Fidel Castro to Visit Bulgaria,” June 02, 1961, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Central State Archive of Bulgaria (TsDA), Sofia, Fond 1-B, Opis 6, a.e. 4477; translated by Assistant Professor Kalina Bratanova, edited by Jordan Baev. Obtained by the Bulgarian Cold War Research Group. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/116356 Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Karlo Lukanov advises the Prime Minister Anton Yugov to invite Fidel Castro to visit Bulgaria in addition to his scheduled trip to the Soviet Union, where he is schedule to receive the International Lenin award. Credits: This document was made possible with support from the Leon Levy Foundation. Original Language: Bulgarian Contents: English Translation RESOLUTION “A” No. 127 OF POLITBURO OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE BULGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY FROM 2 JUNE 1961[1] TO Comrade Anton Yugov, Prime Minister of PR of Bulgaria Comrade Yugov, Our Ambassador in Havana has talked to Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs [Raul] Roa, who told him that, if the circumstances allow it, Fidel Castro will visit Moscow this year in order to receive the international Lenin award “For strengthening the peace among the peoples” for 1960 which has been conferred on him. If the visit takes place, he intends to visit the other socialist countries as well. Comrade [Konstantin] Michev suggests that Fidel Castro be officially invited to visit our country.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 CATALOGUE KOREA in the Bulgarian State Archives 1945
    CATALOGUE KOREA in the Bulgarian State Archives 1945-1995 The catalogue was compiled by Prof. Dr. Jordan Baev and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evgeny Kandilarov. The Korean version (불가리아의 한반도 관련 자료) was translated by Dr. Sewon Kim and edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Soyoung Kim. This shortened English-language version was translated by Assist. Prof. Greta Keremidchieva and edited by Prof. Dr. Jordan Baev 1 FORWORD This catalog is the fruit of our research from the “International Discussion on Korean Issues before and after Liberation” Project supported by a National Research Foundation of Korea Grant. Though my academic specialty and field of research are different from this subject, I was placed in charge of this research project and was given the responsibility of supporting the establishment of research networks with institutes holding related research materials located in East European countries, especially Bulgaria and Hungary. Personally, I have found the processing of the precious and unique Bulgarian and Hungarian data to be intellectually and academically stimulating. The Academy of East Asian Studies of Sungkyunkwan University has conducted in-depth research in Korea, China, and Japan from independent points of view and produced what are in my opinion impressive results. As the director of the Academy of East Asian Studies, which is leading this research project, it is my hope that this catalogue will make a significant contribution to reinterpreting East Asia and provide Bulgarian and Hungarian viewpoints with which to analyze the East Asian region. It is my hope that this catalog will attract the attention of many scholars so that it may act as a starting point for the development of further research that will yield profound results.
    [Show full text]
  • ESCUELAS DE PARTIDO Y ESTRATEGIAS ORGÁNICAS EN LOS AÑOS TREINTA1 Communist Factories: Party Schools and Organic Strategies in the 1930S
    FÁBRICAS DE COMUNISTAS: ESCUELAS DE PARTIDO Y ESTRATEGIAS ORGÁNICAS EN LOS AÑOS TREINTA1 Communist factories: Party schools and organic strategies in the 1930s JOSÉ CARLOS RUEDA LAFFOND Universidad Complutense de Madrid [email protected] Cómo citar/Citation Rueda Laffond, J. C. (2018). Fábricas de comunistas: escuelas de partido y estrategias orgánicas en los años treinta. Historia y Política, 40, 263-297. doi: https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.40.10 (Recepción: 17/06/2017. Evaluación: 04/08/2017. Aceptación: 01/10/2017. Publicación: 02/11/2018) Resumen El artículo analiza las escuelas políticas de cuadros comunistas en la década de los años treinta. A partir de documentación orgánica procedente de los fondos de la Internacional Comunista (IC) y del Partido Comunista de España (PCE) explora los rasgos distintivos de la Escuela Internacional Lenin (ELI), la presencia de militantes comunistas españoles en ese centro, las políticas de fomento de escuelas nacionales y el devenir histórico de las escuelas del PCE entre 1936-38. Sus conclusiones resaltan tres elementos: la necesidad de ubicar el objeto de estudio en los parámetros transna- cionales y en la simbiosis entre el canon político-cultural estalinista y las estrategias 1 Resultado del Proyecto «Diccionario de símbolos políticos y sociales: claves icono- gráficas, lugares de memoria e hitos simbólicos en el imaginario español del sigloxx » (MINECO, ref. HAR2016-77416-P). Agradezco las observaciones planteadas por Juan Francisco Fuentes y Marie-Angèle Orobon. 264 JOSÉ CARLOS RUEDA LAFFOND de nacionalización existentes en el movimiento comunista, el valor medular adqui- rido por la formación de cuadros en el ideal orgánico comunista y los desajustes pre- sentes en la plasmación práctica de esa labor pedagógica en la España en guerra.
    [Show full text]
  • August 29, 1962 Resolution No. B-6 by the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Politburo, Regarding Repatriation of Korean Students
    Digital Archive digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org International History Declassified August 29, 1962 Resolution No. B-6 by the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Politburo, Regarding Repatriation of Korean Students Citation: “Resolution No. B-6 by the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party Politburo, Regarding Repatriation of Korean Students,” August 29, 1962, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Central State Archive of Bulgaria (TsDA), Sofia, Fond 1-B, Opis64, A.E.298, p. 1-2. Obtained by Jordan Baev and translated by Greta Keremidchieva. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/165249 Summary: The Bulgarian Communist Party Politburo details their strong protest against the DPRK's repatriation of four Korean students who sought political asylum in Bulgaria. The Politburo calls for immediate acknowledgment by the DPRK government, threatening to declare government affiliates in Bulgaria as "persona non grata." Original Language: Bulgarian Contents: English Translation Scan of Original Document CC BCP [Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party] Politburo Resolution № B-6 of 29 August 1962 Re: Kidnapping of Korean students who requested political asylum in our country, by servicemen of the Korean Embassy DECISION: 1. The Politburo considers as expedient Comrade Karlo Lukanov to call once again the Ambassador of the DPRK in our country in order to exprees the strongest protest of the Bulgarian government toward the unprecedented kidnapping by servicement of the Korean embassy of four Korean students who requested political asylum in our country.[1] The Ambassador should be warned immediately to release the detained students. 2. Our Ambassador in Pyongyang to request a meeting with Comrade Kim Il Sung in order to express the strongest protest of the Bulgarian government for the rudely violation of the state souvereignty of our country with the kidnapping of the four Korean students.
    [Show full text]
  • Treaty Series Recueil Des Traites
    UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES Treaty Series Treaties and internationatagreements registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations VOLUME 360 Recueil des Traites Traits et accords internationaux enregstrs ou classigs et inscrits au repertoire au Secretariatde l'Organisationdes Nations Unies Treaties and international agreements registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat of the United Nations I. Nos. 5152-5167 VOLUME 360 1960 H. No. 569 TABLE OF CONTENTS I Treaties and internationalagreements registeredfrom 2 June 1960 to 10 June 1960 Page Northern Ireland and No. 5152. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Mexico: Exchange of notes constituting an agreement concerning the reciprocal abolition of visas. Mexico City, 13 November 1959 .............. 3 No. 5153. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Denmark: Convention on social security. Signed at London, on 27 August 1959 . 11 No. 5154. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Greece: Exchange of notes constituting an agreement on the final settlement of the Diverted Cargoes Claims. Athens, 14 May 1959 ..... .......... 69 No. 5155. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Yugoslavia: Exchange of notes (with annex) constituting an agreement regarding the import of British books and films into Yugoslavia. Belgrade, 12 April 1960 .......... ............................ ... 79 No. 5156. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Sweden: Exchange of notes constituting an agreement for the repayment of the debt by the United Kingdom Government to the Swedish Government on the liquidation of the European Payments Union. Paris, 18 April 1959 . 89 No. 5157. United Nations Special Fund and Thailand: Agreement (with exchange of letters) concerning assistance from the Special Fund.
    [Show full text]
  • November 25, 1960 Letter from Georgi Bogdanov, Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bulgaria to Pyongyang
    Digital Archive digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org International History Declassified November 25, 1960 Letter from Georgi Bogdanov, Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bulgaria to Pyongyang Citation: “Letter from Georgi Bogdanov, Ambassador of the People's Republic of Bulgaria to Pyongyang,” November 25, 1960, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Central State Archive, Sofia, Fond 1-B, Opis 91, A.E. 374, p. 1. Obtained by Jordan Baev and translated by Greta Keremidchieva. http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/165263 Summary: Bulgarian Ambassador to North Korea, Georgi Bogdanov, reports on the restriction of foreign education materials in North Korea. Original Language: Bulgarian Contents: English Translation Scan of Original Document Pyongyang, 25 November, 1960 Personal. Top Secret TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMRADE KARLO LUKANOV On 20th this month, Comrade Simeon Hristov, commercial counselor at the embassy, was in the company of Comrade Nam and his Bulgarian wife. He is the head of a Chair in the Polytechnic institute in Pyongyang; a graduate from a Bulgarian university; a member of the Korean Worker’s Party. In a casual conversation, Nam expressed his discontent with a party decision, recently submitted to their institute, concerning the ban on using Soviet technical literature. The reason for the ban was that instead of developing Korean science and technology, Korean scientists and specialists dogmatically copied foreign literature. This practice impeded the progress of Korean science and technology in industry. On 21st this month, Korean student Hwan Yong Won [sic], a graduate from a Bulgarian high school, came to Bulgarian student here, Georgi Mitov (they have friendly relations) and said “It is getting very dangerous in our country … students are banned from reading foreign books, both in original and in translation.” When Mitov asked about the reasons, he replied – because foreign literature, including Soviet, is dogmatic.
    [Show full text]
  • Transformation of the Bulgarian Political Elite in the Period of Transition
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by D-Scholarship@Pitt TRANSFORMATION OF THE BULGARIAN POLITICAL ELITE IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION. ITS IMPACT ON THE TRANSITION PROCESS by Emilia Zankina BA in Political Science and Communication & Rhetoric, University of Pittsburgh, 2000 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in International Affairs University of Pittsburgh 2010 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS This dissertation was presented by Emilia Zankina It was defended on May 3, 2010 and approved by Louis Picard, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Ilya Prizel, PhD, Research Professor, University Center for International Studies Dissertation Advisors: Carolyn Ban, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Ronald Linden, PhD, Professor, Department of Political Science ii Copyright © by Emilia Zankina 2010 iii TRANSFORMATION OF THE BULGARIAN POLITICAL ELITE IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION. ITS IMPACT ON THE TRANSITION PROCESS Emilia Zankina, PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2010 This study examines the transformation of the Bulgarian political elite that took place with the transition from communist to post-communist society. Drawing on classical elite theory and contemporary research on East European elites, I argue that two sets of factors determine the nature of elite transformation – the presence of a counter-elite and the degree to which this elite is organized, and the effectiveness of the auto-transformative mechanisms of the ruling elite (i.e.
    [Show full text]
  • October 04, 1962 Statement by Two North Korean Students in Communist Bulgaria, Addressed to Todor Zhivkov
    Digital Archive digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org International History Declassified October 04, 1962 Statement by Two North Korean Students in Communist Bulgaria, Addressed to Todor Zhivkov Citation: “Statement by Two North Korean Students in Communist Bulgaria, Addressed to Todor Zhivkov,” October 04, 1962, History and Public Policy Program Digital Archive, Central State Archive, Sofia, Fond 1-B, Opis91, A.E. 380, p. 9-15 http://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/165336 Summary: Two North Korean overseas students in Communist Bulgaria write to Todor Zhivkov and the Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party requesting political asylum. The statement details events of abduction, torture, and eventual escape from the North Korean embassy in Bulgaria. Original Language: Bulgarian Contents: English Translation Scan of Original Document Personal. Top Secret! Subject to return to CC BCP [Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party] TO COMRADE TODOR ZHIVKOV FIRST SECRETARY OF CC OF BCP STATEMENT by Lee Jang Jik - student at the University of Forestry Lee Sang Jong – student at the University of Chemical Technology Comrade Zhivkov, We are writing to you on behalf of four Korean students who were detained at the Korean Embassy; however, two of us managed to escape. We have been studying in Bulgaria for six years [1] under the continuous maternal care of the Bulgarian Communist Party. During this time, we were able to become aware and study the decisions of the 20 th and 22nd CPSU [Communist Party of the Soviet Union] Congresses, the 7 th Congress of BCP and the April Plenary session[2]. We are fully convinced that your way is the only right, Leninist way, which will lead people to the happy future of mankind – to the luminous peaks of communism.
    [Show full text]