Soviet Union: Policy on Shipping between Soviet Union and UK

A file containing documents concerning policies on shipping between the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom. Subjects covered in the file include Soviet media criticism of Western governments' attitudes to Soviet shipping; the ninth session of the Anglo-Soviet Joint Maritime Commission; the refusal of a visa for the head of the Soviet delegation to the commission to enter the United Kingdom; and a merchant shipping bill debated in the British parliament. Other subjects discussed in the file include the activities of Soviet fishing vessels in British ports and territorial waters; the possibility of providing British-built shrimp trawlers to the Soviet Union; proposals for the rationalisation of the joint Anglo-Soviet liner service; Soviet proposals for bilateral talks on fisheries; the question of whether the presence of Soviet naval ships near British territory should be publicised; and plans for member nations to establish permanent missions to the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation.