A file containing documents concerning a visit by Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin, the leaders of the Soviet Union, to the United Kingdom. The file includes reports on the logistical plans for the Soviet leaders' visit; and a discussion of keeping the United States government informed about the agenda of the Soviet visit. The file also includes a record of a Parliamentary Question about the presence of Soviet guards in the U.K. during the Soviet leaders' visit; a draft of a programme for the visit of the Soviet leaders; and a discussion of allowing the Soviet government to use B.B.C. facilities to broadcast to Moscow during the Soviet visit. Other documents include a series of letters from British citizens protesting the visit of Ivan Serov, the head of the Soviet secret police, to the United Kingdom; and a British press clipping on Serov's visit.
- Collection ID
- FO371
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Department Reference
- Code NS files 1052/301-1052/321
- Document Type
- Reports Correspondence Press and Media
- File Reference
- FO 371/122821
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fo371.122821
- Key Events
- Visit of Nikita Khrushchev and Nikolai Bulganin to the United Kingdom
- Note
- Documents in this file were retained under Section 3(4) of the Public Records Act 1958. The following article has been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: Source publication unknown, March 1956, Serov the thug is here today.
- Pages
- 151
- Persons Discussed
- Anthony Eden Anthony Nutting Douglas Dodds-Parker Harry Hohler Ivan Serov John F. Dulles Nikita Khrushchev Nikolai Bulganin William Hayter
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- Soviet Union
- Themes
- International Relations