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December 7, 1967

Report to Bulgarian Communist Party Politburo on Preparations for Todor Zhivkov’s Proposed Visit to Cuba

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TO CC BCP POLITBURO

 

In accordance with the Politburo resolution No. 1278, Protocol No. 379 of 5 October 1967, it was coordinated with the Cuban leadership that our party-governmental delegation will visit Cuba at the end of January and the beginning of February next year [1968]. I propose that the delegation has to be composed of the following comrades:

 

TODOR ZHIVKOV- First Secretary of the CC BCP, and Prime Minister of the PR of Bulgaria - Head of the delegation;

BORIS VELCHEV- Member of CC BCP Politburo and Secretary of CC BCP;

PEKO TAKOV - Alternate Member of CC BCP Politburo, Member of the Board of the Council of Ministers, and Minister of Trade, Chairman of the Bulgarian part of the Joint Bulgarian-Cuban committee for economic and scientific-technical cooperation;

Colonel-General SLAVCHO TRANSKI - Member of CC BCP, and Deputy Minister of National Defense;

KONSTANTIN TELLALOV- Alternate Member of CC BCP, Head of “Foreign Policy and International Relations” CC BCP Department;

GERO GROZEV- Alternate Member of CC BCP, and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs;

DOBRI ALEXIEV- Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade;

STEFAN PETROV- Alternate Member of CC BCP, Bulgarian Ambassador to Republic of Cuba;

MLADEN ISAEV-A writer, Honored Art Worker, and a Hero of Socialist Labor.

 

A number of experts and technical assistants will be included in the delegation.

 

Sofia, 7 December 1967

Ivan Bashev[1]

Minister of Foreign Affairs

 

 

[1] Minister of Foreign Affairs (1962-1971).

Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivan Bashev proposes a list of Bulgarian government officials to visit Cuba during an official state visit in early 1968.

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Central State Archive of Bulgaria (TsDA), Sofia, Fond 1-B, Opis 6, a.e. 6979; translated by Julia Cherneva, edited by Jordan Baev. Obtained by the Bulgarian Cold War Research Group.

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