Soviet Union: Town Twinning between UK and Soviet Union: Including Sheffield and Donetsk

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the twinning of towns in the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. The documents cover the visit of the Lord Mayor of Sheffield to the Soviet city of Donetsk, with which the city is linked; arrangements for the delivery of rosebushes as a gift to the people of Donetsk; and correspondence sent between the two city leaders in conjunction with the trip. The file also includes a letter from Liverpool City Council to the city of Odessa informing of plans to sever links following trials of dissidents in the Soviet Union; proposals for an Anglo-Soviet town-twinning seminar to encourage the further development of existing links; and plans for study tours of towns involved in the twinning scheme. The file also covers the visit of the British ambassador, Curtis Keeble, to Donetsk and Gorlovka to visit Soviet coalmining installations.