Summary of Speeches by Communist Party Leaders (János Kádár, Edward Gierek, Erich Honecker, Todor Zhivkov, and Nicolae Ceauşescu)25 Nov 1976 |
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Description:
In his speech at the 1976 Political Consultative Committee (PCC) meeting in Bucharest, the first secretary of the MSzMP, János Kádár, emphasizes the importance of the Helsinki Conference for the détente process in Europe. Additionally, he ensures Hungarian support for the draft treaty rejecting the first use of nuclear weapons, the Soviet proposals for disarmament, and a European Congress on energy, transport, and the environment. He ends by pointing to the Hungarian contribution to the détente process in form of the development of bilateral relations between Hungary and Western European countries. Attached are also the summaries of the speeches of Edward Gierek, Erich Honecker, Todor Zhivkov, and Nicolae Ceauşescu, with Ceauşescu making concrete proposals for disarmament and troop reductions.
Collection: Party Leaders
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Document Type:
Report Language of Original Document: Czech Number of Pages: 11 Cold War Period: 1970s Persons: Kádár, Brezhnev, Gierek, Honecker, Zhivkov, Ceauşescu |
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Document Source: Central State Archives (SÚA), Prague Call Number: AÚV KSČ 02/1/23/26 |