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Title

Visits to Eastern Europe and the USSR

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MS. Callaghan 255

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Envelope labelled "1260: I/Eur: 73" containing notes, schedules and correspondence relating to Callaghan's visit to Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary. Also includes reports of talks on trade between British and Bulgarian delegations and report of a meeting between Callaghan and Nicolae Ceausescu. 1973

Envelope labelled "1261: I/USSR: 72" containing correspondence and reports regarding Callaghan's visit to the USSR. Also includes correspondence with William F. Batchelor regarding his difficulties in obtaining a visa to travel to the USSR to marry a Soviet citizen. 1972

Papers relating to visits by Callaghan to the USSR, Romania, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Includes diary entries from Callaghan's 1946 visit, notes and reports, press cuttings, note on a meeting with Nicholae Ceaucescu, note on a meeting with Janos Kadar, Board of Trade guide to the USSR, book Lenin in the Kremlin, note on a meeting with [Alexei] Shitikov, and transcripts of speeches given by Callaghan. 1946, 1970-1973, 1987