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EAST-WEST CONTACTS

At the meeting of the Forth Atlantic Council, Ministers discussed the development of East-West relations and were particularly interested in the marked increase in official visits, contacts and agreem ents between mem bers of NATO and Eastern European countries. Examples of such exchanges are listed in the attached document which was compiled recently by the International Staff and is not necessarily complete. - 3 -

' EAST-WEST CONTACTS

BELGIUM

NEGOTIATIONS, AGREEM ENTS AND CONTACTS ON CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL MATTERS ■ ■

- Visit of Mr . Brasseur, Minister of Trade, to and Roum ania in .

- Visit of M r. Adam, Secretary of State, Ministry of Trade, to , on the occasion of the "journée belge" of the International Chemical Exhibition in .

- . Visit of Mr. Hamouz, Minister of Trade of Czechoslovakia, to Brussels in .

- Visit of M r. Alexiev, Bulgarian Vice-M inister of Trade, to Brussels in . .

- Visit of Mr. Baczoni, Hungarian Vice-Minister of Trade, to Brussels in . o o o - and Luxembourg signed an agreement with Bulgaria at , 25th February, 1965, on the indemnification of Belgian and Luxembourg interests in Bulgaria.

- Agreement of cultural co-operation between Belgium and Hungary was signed at Brussels, 11th February, 1965.

- The Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union signed an agreement with at Brussels, 17th February, 1965, on industrial, technical and economic co-operation.

- The Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union signed a long-term trade agreement with Bulgaria in Brusselsj 16th July, 1965.

- Second Protocol- etc., concerning the long-term trade agreement between the Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union and Hungary, signed 13th September, 1963.

- First Protocol etc., signed at The Hague, 8th September, 1965, concerning the long -term trade agreement between the Benelux Economic Union and Poland, of 14-th November, 1963.

- Agreement between Belgium and Poland on social security, signed at Brussels, 26th November, 1965.

- 3 - - Agreement on co-operation in the field of the peaceful use of nuclear energy between the Belgian "Commissaire à 1'énergie atomique” .and the Plenipotentiary of the Polish Government, for the use of nuclear energy, signed at Brussels, 7th December, 1965.

- Agreement on .co-operation in the field of the peaceful use of atomic energy between the "Commissariat à l'énergie atomique", of Belgium, the "Stichting Reactorcentrum Nederland" and' the Soviet Chairman for the use of nuclear energy, signed in Moscow, 6th March, 1965.

Planned agreements

- Cultural agreement between Belgium and Bulgaria.

- Agreement on social security between Belgium and Poland.

- Consular agreement between Belgium and Poland.

CANADA

PLANNE D EAST-WEST CONTACTS ON■THE POLITICAL LEVEL

- Visit of a Czechozlovak Parliamentary Delegation to from 13th to 24th June, 1966.

- Visit of à Soviet -Parliamentary Delegation to Canada from 27th June to 10th July, 1966 .

- Visit of Mr. Polyansky, First Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers, to Canada from 27th June to 17th July (first part of visit as leader of a Soviet Parliamentary Delegation).

DENMARK

RECENT EAST-WEST CONTACTS ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL

- Official visit1 to Denmark of Czech Foreign Minister, Mr. David, 23rd to 26th February, 1966.

- Visit to Poland of the Permanent Under Secretary of State of the Danish Foreign Ministry in his capacity of Chairman of the Danish Disarmament Committee, 28th February to 6th March, 1966.

- Official visit to Rumania by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Per Haekkerup,. 11th to 17th April, 1966 . -

- Danish-Polish round table conference, 8th to 11th June, 1966 in-Poznan, on..international problems and also on bilateral questions of a- political, economic, scientific and cultural character. Mr. Per Federspiel, M.P., former . Minister, headed the Danish Delegation: Dr. ii-dam Kruczowski, M.P., Director of the Polish Institute for International Affairs, led the Polish Delegation. PLANNED EAST-WEST CONTACTS ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL

- Official visit to Hungary by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Per Haekkerup, 9th to 13th August, 1966,

- Official visit to Denmark by the Rumanian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, 13th to 20th August, 1966,

- Official visit to Poland by Prime Minister J.O. Krag, tentatively fixed for 3rd to 6th (and possibly the 7th) January, 1967.

- Official visit to Denmark by Prime Minister A. Kosygin. The date has not yet been fixed.

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RECENT AND „PLANNED EAST-WEST CONTACTS ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL

- Visit to Paris of Polish President Mr. Cyrankiewicz, -■ 16th to 19th September, 1 9 6 5 .

- Visit to Moscow of Foreign Minister, Mir. Couve de Murville 25th October to 2nd November, 1965.

-- Visit to Roumania of Foreign Minister, Mr. Couve de Murville, 25th to 28th April, 1966.

- Visit to Bulgaria of Foreign Minister, Mr. Couve de Murville, 28th to 30th April, 1966. .

- Visit of a Polish Parliamentary Delegation headed by Vice President of Parliament Kliszko to , • 9th to 14th May, 1966.

• - Visit of Minister of Education, Mr. Fouchet, to , 12th May, 1966. a

- Visit to Poland of Foreign Minister, Mr. .Couve de M urville 18th to 21st May, 1966.

- Visit to the USSR of the President of the Republic, 20th June to 1st July, 1966. .

- Visit to Hungary and Czechoslovakia of Foreign Minister, Mr. Couve de Murville, end of .

NEGOTIATIONS, AGREEMENTS AND CONTACTS ON CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND ■ ' TECHNICAL MATTERS"" ' ! ^

- Agreement with Hungary on culture and science, signed— 15th July, 1965.

- Agreement on oo-operation in the field of construction with Poland, signed at Warsaw, 27th September, 1965. - Visit of Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Pisani, to Roumania, 30th.September, 1965.

- Visit to Czechoslovakia of Minister of Information, Mr. Peyrefitte, 7th to 12th October, 1965.

- Trade agreement with Poland signed at Warsaw, 25th October, 1965.

- Visit of Soviet Space Delegation headed by Mr. Sedov to Paris, .

- Trade agreement with Hungary signed 15th February, .1966.

- Trade agreement with Bulgaria signed 23rd March, 1966.

GERMANY

NEGOTIATIONS, AGREEMENTS AND CONTACTS ON CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND TlÜHNICAL MATTERS- ~ ` • ‘ • a

- German-Bulgarian trade talks in Sofia, October 1965.

- Second meeting, German-Hungarian trade talks in Bonn, ......

- German-Polish trade talks in Warsaw, December 1965.

- •Second meeting Gernan-Pölish trade talks in Warsaw, M arch 1966.

- Conclusion of a German-Polish Supplementary Protocol to the Trade Agreement, Warsaw, 10th May, 1966.

- Visit of the Rumanian Foreign Trade Minister, Mr. Cioara, to the Federal Republic of Germany, 17th to 26th May, 1966.

- Beginning of German-Runanian trade negotiations in Bonn, 20th June, 1966.

- Beginning of German-Soviet trade negotiations in Moscow, 13th July, 1966.

- Visit of the Federal Minister of Economics, Herr Schmttcker, to Rumania early in .

- German-Bulgarian trade negotiations in Bonn, . GREECE . .. _ _ .... NEGOTIATIONS,.AGREEMENTS AND CONTaCTS ON CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL MATTERS ' ^ Contacts . - Visit of the .Mayor of xithens, Mr. Plytas to Warsaw, June 1965. . - Visit of the Vice Mayor and the Counsellor of the Muncipality of the City of Leningrad, Mr. Golev and Mr. Kachtelian, to Piraeus, . - 6 - - 7 -

- Visit of the Mayor of Belgrade, Mr . Pessiv to Athens, January 1 966 .

- Visit of the Mayor of Skopje, Mr. Popov, to Greece in appreciation of assistance given.during the earthquake at Skopje.

- Visit of Mr, Galinos, Minister of Social Welfare, to Roumahia and , ,

Cultural exchanges ..... ` -

- Renewal of the programme of scientific and cultural co-operation with Yugoslavia, 22nd March, 1965.

- . Preliminary contacts .and proposals for the eventual signing of a cultural exchange programme with the , .

- Renewal of the programme of cultural exchanges with Hungary, October 1965. .

- Negotiations for the signing of the programme for cultural exchanges with Poland postponed due.to defamatory propaganda against Greece of the Polish press, radio and television, October 1965.

- Renewal of the programme of scientific and cultural co-operation with Bulgaria, .

Economic exchanges

- Renewal of trade protocol and additional agreement for payments with Czechoslovakia, 24th M ay, 1965.

- New trade protocol signed with Yugoslavia, 22nd October, 1965.

- Renewal of trade protocol and additional agreement . ■ for payments with Poland, 7th December, 1965.

- Signature of a new five-year trade agreement with Hungary, 28th January, 1966.

- Renewal of protocol on trade exchanges with ` Bulgaria, March 1966 .

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ITALY

RECENT EAST-WEST CONTACTS ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL

Visit to Poland of the President of the Republic Mr. Saragat, 14-th to 16th October, 1965.

Visit of Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Gromyko, to Italy from 21st to 25th April, 1966.

NEGOTIATIONS, AGREEMENTS AND CONTACTS ON CULTURAL, ECONOM IC AND TECHNICAL MATTERS '

Agreement on economic, industrial and technical co-operation with Poland, signed in Warsaw on 14th July, 1965.

Long-term trade, agreement with Czechoslovakia, signed in on 15th July, 1965»

Trade agreement with Roumania, signed in Bucharest on 6th September, 1965.

Long-term trade agreement and agreement on economic, industrial and technical co-operation with Hungary, signed, in Budapest on 1st December, 1965.

Long-term trade agreement with Bulgaria, signed in Sofia on 10th December, 1965.

Trade protocol with Albania, signed in Rome on 18th January, 1966 .

Trade protocol with Poland, signed in Rome on 8th February, 1966 .

Agreement on economic, scientific and technical co-operation with the USSR, signed in Rome on 23rd April, 1966.

Visit of'the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Zagari to Bucharest on 25th and 26th May, 1966, for a conference on scientific and technical co-operation

NETHERLANDS

RECENT AND PLANNED EAST-WEST CONTACTS ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL

Visit to the USSR of a Netherlands Parliamentary Delegation, members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. 16th to 30th June, 1965. (Visit to be returned.)

Official visit to the Netherlands of the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Gromyko, in return of Mr. Luns' visit to the USSR in . Date not yet fixed. .

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NEGOTIATIONS, AGREEMENTS AND CONTACTS ON CULTURAL. ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL MATTERS •

- Signature of an agreement on co-operation in the field of the peaceful use of atomic energy between the "Stichting React ore ent rum Nederland'1, the "Commissariat à l'énergie atomique" of Belgium and the Soviet Commission for the use of nuclear energy, 6th March, 1965.

- Visit to the Netherlands of the Czechoslovakian Minister of Foreign Trade, Mr. F. Hamouz, , .

- V isit to Moscow of the Mayor of Amsterdam, Mr. van Hall, ' 18th to 25th June, 1965, .

- Visit to the Netherlands of the Hungarian Vice-Minister . ■ of Foreign Trade, Mr. Baczoni, 22nd to 26th June, 1965.

- Signature of an agreement on financial questions between the Netherlands and Hungary, 2nd July, 1965.

- Signature of a long-term trade agreement between the Benelux Economic Union and Bulgaria, 16th July, 1965.

- Signature of the First Protocol concerning. the long-term trade agreement between the Benelux Economic Union and Poland, 8th September, 1965.

- Visit to the Netherlands of the Soviet Minister of Shipping, Mr. W.G. Bakajew, 17th to 21st September, 1965.

- Visit to the Netherlands of a Roumanian economic mission headed by the Minister of Food Industry, Mr. B. Schiopu, 21st October to 3rd November, 1965.

- . Agreement on .a programme for cultural: and scientific co-operation between the Netherlands.and Yugoslavia in 1966 and 1967, November 1965.

- Negotiations between the Netherlands and the USSR on bilateral financial questions, The Hague, December 1965.

- Agreement on cultural co-operation between the Netherlands and the USSR, initialled in Moscow, 18th May, 1966,

- Visit to the USSR of a Netherlands economic mission headed by the Netherlands Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr. den Uyl, 21st to 29th May, 1966 .

- Talks are under way oh the conclusions of a cultural agreement between the Netherlands and Poland.

- Prospective signature of a cultural agreement between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia.

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NORWAY

REPENT AND PLANNED EAST-WEST CONTACTS ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL

Visit of Polish Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Winiewicz to Norway, 28th March to 1st April.

Visit to Norway of Bulgarian First Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Grozev, 20th May, 1966.

Official visit-of Mr. Kosygin to Norway. Date not yet fixed.

Official visit of Foreign Minister, Mr. Lyng to the Soviet Union. Date not yet fixed.

NEGOTIATIONS u AGREEMENTS AND CONTACTS ON CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND T i T o H N l S A L MATTERS

Visit to Norway of Czechoslovakian Minister of Foreign Trade, Mr. Hamouz, 6th June, 1966.

TURKEY

PLANNED EAST-WEST CONTACTS ON THE POLITICALLEVEL

Visit of Soviet Prime Minister to , date not yet fixed.

Visit of Roumanian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister to' Turkey, date not yet fixed.

Visits of Parliamentary Delegations to the Soviet Union, Roumania, Poland, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia,

NEGOTIATIONS, AGREEMENTS AND CONTACTS ON CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL MATTERS .

Official visit to Moscow by Turkish Minister of State responsible for Sports, Mr. Ocak, December 1965.

Visit of Czech Minister of Commerce to Turkey from 20th January to 2nd February, 1966.

Signature of trade protocols for. 1966/1967 between Turkey and the Soviet Union, Roumania, Poland and C z e ch o s1 ovakia. -

Negotiations continue between Turkey and Bulgaria and Hungary on trade protocols for 1966/1967.

Prospective signature of protocols on cultural relations between Turkey and the Soviet Union and Roumania.

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RECENT EAST-WEST CONTACTS ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL

- Visit to Moscow by the Foreign Secretary, 28th November to 3rd December, 1965.

- Visit of the First Deputy Prime Minister of Roumania, Mr. Birladeanu to the United Kingdom, 2nd to . 10th February, 1966 . •

- Visit of the Prime Minister and Lord Chalfont (Minister of State, Foreign Office) to M oscow, 21st to 24th February, 1966 .

- . Visit of Lord Chalfont to Moscow, 24th to'28th March, 1966.

- Visit of Czechoslovakian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr, Cernik to the United, Kingdom, 14th to 22nd June, 1966.

NEGOTIATIONS, AGREEMENTS AND CONTACTS ON CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL HATTERS

- Visit to of Soviet Deputy Minister of Electronics, Mr. Mikhailof, 10th to 24th March, 1966.

- Visit of Mr. Albu, Minister of State, DEA, to Poland, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, 12th to 26th April, 1966.

- Visit to. United Kingdom of Mr. Hamouz, Czechoslovakian Minister of Foreign Trade, 25th to 30th April, 1966.

Visit of Minister of Technology, Mr.' Cousins, to Moscow, 9th to 20th May, 1966.

- Visit of Minister of State, Board of Trade, Mr. Darling, to Budapest, 19th to 22nd May, 1966,

. - Visit of Minister of Health to Yugoslavia, 4th to 8th June, 1966,

UNITED STATES

RECENT EAST-WEST CONTACTS' ON THE POLITICAL-'LEVEL V ■ ;..

- Visit of Governor Harriman to Moscow in July 1965 for talks w ith Mr. Kosygin and Soviet officials.

- Secretary Rusk met Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko in New York while in the United States for the General Assembly Session, 29th September and 1st October, 1965.

- Secretary Rusk met Roumanian Foreign Minister, Mr, Manescu, while in United States for United Nations General Assembly Session, 14th October, 1965. - 1 2 -

- Secretary Rusk net Polish Deputy Foreign Minister, ... Mr. Winiewicz in Washington during United Nations General Assembly, 23rd October, 1965, , . . .

- Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Vaclav David met Secretary Rusk during United Nations General Assembly, New York, October 1965.

- Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Peter met Secretary Rusk during-United Nations General Assembly in New York, October 1965.

- Senator Mansfield (on a world-wide fact-finding tour with four other Senators) visited Warsaw, meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Rapacki on 16th November, 1965; Bucharest on 20th and. 21st November, 1-965, meeting with Rumanian First Deputy Premier Apostol; and Moscow . in November 1965, for talks with Mr. Kosygin and Mr. Gromyko. . '

- Visit to Warsaw by Ambassador Harriman.- Meeting with Mr. Gomulka and^‘Mr. Rapacki to discuss Vietnam and other topics, 29th and 30th December, 1965.

. - Vice President Humphrey and Secretary Rusk met Soviet Premier Kosygin in New , 13th January, 1966, on the occasion of the funeral of Indian Prime Minister Shastri.

- Mayor Locher of , Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. John A. McCammon were designated by the President and went as the United States Representa­ tives to the Budapest Trade Fair, 20th to 30th May, 1966.

- Governor Breathitt of Kentucky visited Poland as the President’s Representative, to the Trade Fair in . Poznan, Poland, 11th to 15th June, 1966.

- Polish Vice-Minister of Mining and Power, Marcin Borecki, visited the United States 9th to 21st June, 1966 on a study tour organized by the Coal Committee of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations.

NEGOTIATIONS. AGREEMENTS AND CONTACTS ON CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL MATTERS ...... ’

- United States/Hungarian talks on claims held to . A third round began on 8th June, 1966.

- Airworthiness agreement with Poland concluded on 27th September, 1965.

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International Media Guarantee (IMG) agreement for Polish pùrchase of United States publications, films and television programmes concluded 2nd February, 1966.

United States/USSR cultural-and scientific exchanges agreement signed 19th March, 1966.

Exchange of let-t‘er&-2-5th*-A-p^i«l-r 1966, covering United States-Rumanian cultural, educational, scientific and other exchanges for 1966 , provided under Biennial Exchanges Arrangement for 1965/66.

United States/Bulgarian talks are under way on various bilateral problems, consular problems and cult ural ex chang e s.

United States/Roumanian preliminary discussions in progress on the 1966 cultural exchange programme.

Consular Convention negotiations with Poland in progress. '

Further Hungarian/United States talks to take place on claims during late Spring 1966.