Soviet Union: British-Soviet Joint Commission

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the Anglo-Soviet Joint Commission. The documents cover arrangements for a meeting of the commission; news that Yurii Brezhnev, the son of the Soviet leader, Leonid Brezhnev, is to become the new co-chairman; and accounts of the personality and behaviour of Yurii Brezhnev, by those who have had previous dealings with him. Other documents in the file include discussions on the appointment of a chairman to the joint commission's energy working group; and proposed redrafts of the Anglo-Soviet long-term programme for the development of economic and industrial cooperation, covering possible joint projects in the construction and modernisation of industrial enterprises. The file also covers events at an Anglo-Soviet energy symposium, where discussions covered electrical engineering, oil and gas, and energy conservation.