Soviet Union: Great Britain-USSR Association

A file containing documents relating to the Great Britain-U.S.S.R. Association. Subjects covered in the file include an arrangement for cooperation with the equivalent Soviet organisation, the U.S.S.R.-Great Britain Society; concerns regarding the association's chairman, John Lawrence; and changes in the composition of the association's council. Other subjects discussed in the file include the financial situation of the association; a possible move to new offices in order to save money; the salary of the association's director, John Roberts; a lecture on Soviet foreign policy given by the Soviet ambassador in London, Nikolai Lun'kov; and a demonstration in support of Soviet Jews. Documents in the file include draft versions of the cooperation agreement between the two organisations; minutes of the December 1977 executive committee meeting; and a list of planned visits to the United Kingdom by Soviet academic and cultural figures.