A file containing documents relating to Soviet influence in Western Europe. Subjects covered in the file include the state of relations between the Soviet and Italian communist parties; a visit to the Soviet Union by the Cypriot president, Spyros Kyprianou, during which he met his Soviet counterpart, Leonid Brezhnev; a planned visit to the Soviet Union by the Austrian chancellor, Bruno Kreisky; and a period of intense activity in Greek-Soviet relations, featuring two visits to Greece by delegations from the Soviet communist party. Other subjects discussed in the file include a visit to the Soviet Union by the Turkish foreign minister, ?lter Türkmen; a large Soviet presence in the Belgian city of Antwerp; efforts to establish a Soviet consulate in the Dutch port of Rotterdam; and the appointment of a new Soviet ambassador to Portugal who was identified as a K.G.B. official.
- Collection ID
- FCO28
- Copyright
- The rights holder for the item "Joint Soviet-Cypriot communiqué" could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us. The rights holder for the item "Joint Soviet-Cypriot communiqué" could not be identified. We invite anyone with information about the copyright holder of this item to contact us.
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Cyprus Greece Italy Netherlands Portugal Turkey
- Department Reference
- EN 21/20 PART C
- Document Type
- Correspondence Press and Media Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 28/4736
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco28.004736
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Pravda, 04.12.1982, Joint Soviet-Turkish communiqué TASS, 30.11.1982, Soviet-Turkish talks.
- Pages
- 77
- Persons Discussed
- Boris Ponomarev Bruno Kreisky Francis Pym Iain Sutherland Julian Bullard Leonid Brezhnev Nikolai Tikhonov Spyros Kyprianou
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- International Relations
