Soviet Union: Confederation of British Industry (CBI) / Soviet State Committee for Science and Technology Seminar on Anglo-Soviet Trade, Wilton Park, March 1978

A file of correspondence and reports concerning Anglo-Soviet commercial relations. The documents cover arrangements for a seminar on Anglo-Soviet trade attended by the Confederation of British Industry (C.B.I.) and the Soviet State Committee for Science and Technology; and details of the Soviet delegation at the talks. Other documents in the file include the agenda for the seminar, covering international economic cooperation, energy and raw materials, world monetary questions, industrial management, Anglo-Soviet trade, information and access, and industrial cooperation. The file also covers discussions on the attendance of a Foreign Office minister at the seminar; and details of a meeting between the deputy chairman of the Soviet State Committee for Science and Technology, Dzhermen Gvishiani, and a British M.P., Evan Luard. The file includes briefs prepared for this meeting, covering Anglo-Soviet trade, the interests of British firms in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet trading system.