Romania: Visit of Ion Ceausescu, Romanian Deputy Minister of Agriculture, to the UK, July 1979

A file containing documents concerning a visit to the United Kingdom by the Romanian deputy agriculture minister, Ion Nicolae Ceaușescu, in July 1979. Subjects covered in the file include Nicolae Ceaușescu's importance as the brother of the president; the significance of the visit for bilateral relations; the visit coinciding with the Royal International Agricultural Show; and Nicolae Ceaușescu's responsibility for fruit and vegetable production. Other subjects discussed in the file include Nicolae Ceaușescu's tours of the British companies I.C.I., Cadbury Schweppes, and Shell; his call on the Foreign Office minister Peter Blaker; and many changes to the programme, including the possibility that a more junior official, Dumitru R?dulescu, could visit instead. Documents in the file include a detailed programme for the visit; and reports on the visit by British officials.