Soviet Union: Report About Minister of State for Board of Trade, Frederick Corfield, Visit to Soviet Union

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the visit of a British minister to the Soviet Union. The documents cover the visit of Frederick Corfield, the Minister of State at the Board of Trade, to the Soviet Union, where he supported British businesses at the Khimia-70 international chemistry exhibition, and attended an exhibition by the British Scientific Instrument Manufacturers' Association at Akademgorodok in Siberia. Other documents in the file describe Corfield's meetings with the Minister of Civil Aviation; a meeting at the Ministry of Merchant Marine; and discussions with his political counterparts on the imbalance of Anglo-Soviet bilateral trade. The file includes background briefs for Corfield on Soviet politics, Soviet foreign policy, and Anglo-Soviet relations; briefs for the meeting with the Soviet Minister of Merchant Marine; background notes on the Anglo-Soviet Treaty on Merchant Navigation; a brief prepared by the Export Credits Guarantee Department; and a brief on Anglo-Soviet civil aviation arrangements.