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Transcript of the Conversation between the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR N.S. Khrushchev and the Vice-President of the World Peace Council, Former President of Mexico, Divisional General, Lázaro Cárdenas

Cardenas asks Khrushchev about his position on peacekeeping and requests support to help Mexico's economic and industrial growth. Khrushchev emphasizes the importance of unity and preserving peace against a shift in US foreign policy toward economic and cultural competition as opposed to outright power competition. 

November 27, 1969

Letter from the Soviet Embassy in Mexico to the General Administration of Ceremonies of the Secretary of Foreign Relations of the United Mexican States

The Soviet embassy in Mexico requests diplomatic identification cards for the Minister-Counselor of the USSR Embassy in Mexico Dmitri A. Diakonov and his wife Veronika Diakonova.

March 15, 1971

Press Release

In this press release, the Mexican Solicitor General describes the criminal activity of the nineteen Revolutionary Action Movement (MAR) members arrested for the assault and robbery of a cashier from the Commerce Bank of Morelia at the Three Stars bus terminal. He swears to continue the investigation with the goal of arresting all MAR members as well as others trained in North Korea or recruited from abroad.

May 1971

Some Truths about the M.A.R. (Revolutionary Action Movement)

Seeking to correct press coverage of the arrests of Revolutionary Action Movement (MAR) members, the imprisoned members describe their arrests and those of their relatives, highlight tactics of coercion and physical torture used by security forces to extract confessions, and share information on the case that they believe is being misrepresented.

February 22, 1971

Statement by Fabricio Gómez Souza

Information given under oath by Fabricio Gómez Souza after his arrest. Among other things, he provides the locations of his family members' homes, details his path to socialist ideas and the Revolutionary Action Movement, lists the names and pseudonyms of those he worked with, and explains his methods for raising funds by selling American goods in East Germany.

March 1971

Memorandum from the Director for Federal Security, Cap. Luis de la Barreda Moreno

Director for Federal Security Luis de la Barreda Moreno reports on North Korean training of Mexican guerrillas. He describes how Mexican citizens headed for North Korea were given fraudulent documentation and other assistance from socialist countries and lists the names and pseudonyms of Mexican guerrillas given to him by a member of the Revolutionary Action Movement.

February 6, 1963

Memorandum from the Federal Directory of Security

Mexican Federal Director of Security Manuel Rangel Escamilla reports on representatives of the Soviet Communist Youth's arrival from Moscow, describing the reception they received and providing an overview of their itinerary.

February 21, 1966

Letter Number 149 from the Ambassador of Mexico in Moscow, Jose E. Iturriaga, to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs

The Mexican Ambassador in the Soviet Union reports the names of Mexican students in the USSR. The students in the Soviet Union include members of the Revolutionary Action Movement.

1960

[Excerpt] Soviet Report, 'Mexico: Economic Situation and Prospects of Development of Economic Ties with the Soviet Union'

In the conclusion of this report circa 1960-61, summarizes potential economic growth in Mexico and offers recommendations for increasing Soviet trade.

1959

Report on the Work of the Soviet Exhibition in Mexico Year 1959

Report describing an exhibition hosted in Mexico City on Soviet technical and cultural achievements and the response of Mexican visitors.

Pagination