July 29, 1967
Letter from the Chairman of the KGB Andropov to the Minister of Internal Affairs of the CSSR Kudrna
[Czech-language notes in the upper-left and upper-right margins]
Urgent Sent by telegraph
TO THE MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE CSSR
to Cde. Josef KUDRNA
Dear Cde. Minister!
In reply to your letter of 10 May of this year we report that [the following] have been appointed for the discussion and elaboration of the procedure for joint border monitoring of trains and passengers crossing the Soviet-Czechoslovak border: General-Major V. A. FIRSTENKO, Deputy Chief of the Troops of the Western Border District; Lt. Col. A. G. STATUYEV, Senior Officer of the Main Directorate of Border Troops; and Lt. Col. P. P. KOLESNIK, Chief of the Chop Independent Border Crossing Control Point.
If there are no other proposals from your side our comrades are ready to meet and begin work in Kiev with the representatives you appoint on 22 August of this year, with a subsequent visit to this Chop and Cierna[-nad-Tisou] stations.
With comradely greetings,
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR STATE SECURITY under the USSR COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
ANDROPOV
[Czech-language MVD stamp]
Nº 153 29 June 1967
[handwritten: “authenticated [[illegible name”]]
Appointment of Soviet officials for discussion of the procedure for joint border monitoring of trains and passengers crossing the Soviet-Czechoslovak border.
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