A file containing documents concerning British ministerial visits to the Soviet Union. The principal subject covered in the file is a visit to Leningrad and Moscow by the British Health and Social Security Secretary, David Ennals, in September 1977. Other subjects discussed in the file include a visit to Moscow by the British Energy Secretary, Tony Benn, at which he proposed the idea of a world energy forum; a possible visit to the Soviet Union by the British Foreign Secretary, David Owen; possible visits to the United Kingdom by the Soviet oil minister, Nikolai Mal'tsev, and the Soviet gas industry minister, Sabit Orudzhev; and complaints from British firms regarding delays in obtaining visas for the Soviet Union for engineers to work on equipment that they had supplied. Documents in the file include several versions of the programme for Ennals' visit; and briefing papers on health services in the Soviet Union and on the Anglo-Soviet visa situation.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
- Content from The Guardian © Guardian News & Media. Content from The Guardian © Guardian News & Media.
- Countries
- Bulgaria Finland United Kingdom
- Department Reference
- ENS 26/548/4 PART C
- Document Type
- Correspondence Meeting Minutes Memoranda Press and Media Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 28/3132
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.003132
- Pages
- 153
- Persons Discussed
- Boris Petrovskii Bryan Cartledge David Ennals David Owen Frank Judd Howard Smith Nikolai Mal'tsev Sabit Orudzhev Tony Benn
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- Border Security and Migration International Relations Populations and Social Policy
