DIRECTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF JOURNALISTS (IOJ)

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• Publication Date: May 15, 1961
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DIRECTORY OF TIE INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION OF JOURNALISTS (IOJ)
15 may 1961
(This directory is based on information
received by 31 April 1961)
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DIRECTORY OF THE INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION OF JOURNALISTS (IOJ)
15 May 1961
CONTENTS
I. Headquarters
II. National Affiliates
!I!. Biographies
Jean Maurice Hermann
Dante Cruicc t
CHIN Chung-hua
Jiri Meisner
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International Organization of Journalists (IOJ)
Address
Membership
President
Opletalova 5, Prague II, Czechoslovakia.
70, 000 claimed (1960).
Jean Maurice Hermann (France), ~hief foreign
political editor of Liberation, secretary
general of the Syndicat Nationale des Journalistes.
Vice Presidents CHIN Chung-hua (China), vice-president of All-
China Journalists' Association.
Michal Hofman (Poland), chairman of Polish
Press Agency and chief editor of its foreign
department.
Danil Fedorovich Kraminov (USSR), secretary
of Union of Soviet ournalists.
Renato Leduc Lopez (Mexico), vice-president
Centro de Periodistas Mexicanos.
SecretaryXGeneral
Jiri Meisner (Czechoslovakia), editor of Prague
journal "International Policy."
Deputy SecretaryGeneral . Dante Cruicci (Italy), member of International
Committee for Cooperation of Journalists;
responsible director of "La Lotta, " publication
of Bologna Province Federation of Italian CP.
Secretaries Herman Burkhardt (East Germany), correspondent
for Berliner Zeitung.
,%pan Shatskov (USSR, has worked in Tass office
in Prague.
Executive Committee CHEN Li-an (China).
Members
Alexander Cornescu (Rumania), secretary general
of Rumanian Journalists' Union.
Vojtech Dolejsi (Czechoslovakia), chairman of
Czechoslovak Journalists' Association.
Vasile Dumitrescu (Rumania), general director of
Agerpres, Rumanian news agency.
Petr Grigorov (Bulgaria)
Wladyslaw Grzedzielski (Poland), secretary general
of the Union of Polish Journalists.
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E 'ecu rv JCo ] n:ittee red
ens Petr
13irector of "Voice of Vietnam.'
Ferencz Vadasz (Hungary),
ormer Secretary-General of National Federation
of Hungarian Journalists,
A 1resident of Bulgarian Union of Journalists,( sfl)
Lyuben Genchev Velev (Bulgaria)
vice-'resident of Bulgarian Journalists' Union.
Josef Weiser (Czechoslovakian 4e t3rd~a+~"
former $ecretary3(c eneral of OlR,-OrcG"r-zjk;o? TM4'rp'.
,
former editor of East German "Wochenpost"
and chairman of East German Press Association
untijl~ December 1956,
Rudi Wetzel (East Germany)
,
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Exec e Cbm `ittee )ernbpr's J. Zundui (Mongolia)
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President of the Union of Mongolian Journalists .
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C. n d) '
Auding Commission
Ochiran Pu tzag (Mongolia)
,.ssistant Thief thditor of "Unen'.'
Miroslav Dockal (Czechoslovakia),
*ember of the International Committee for
Cooperation of Journalists.
Dzin Li Tu (North Korea)
Karoly Samoszy (Hungary)
Member of editorial staff of "Nepszabadsag;'
Democratic Jour.lis .
An Kang (China),
J. M. Herman (France) gecretary of IOJ?
George Ivassu (Rumania).
George Krausz (East Germany) resident of the
Union of German Journalists.
A. I. Langfang (USSR)1 ember of the editorial
board of Savet,sa_Pecht?
T. Lip ski (Poland)
N. Nonev (Bulgaria).
Pham Van Hao (North Vietnamecretary General
of the North Vietnam Journalists' Association.
D. Tona (Albania).
K. Zieris (Czechoslovakia),
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ALBANIA
Union of Journalists/
(Bashikimi i Gazetarve
Address
Member ship
Officers
Chairman
Tirana, Albania
Ft"KRI Vogli (1960)
9 7-o
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Union of Bulgarian Journalists,--, '
('5-c"Yoz ")"w ?hWAWIYZ1Ifr1)
4.S+4- Bolgarak h---Jurna;lis-tmr)
Address Graf Ignatiev 4,
Sofia, Bulgaria
Member ship
Officers
Chairman Georgi Bd}(OV (1,40)
Vice Chairman Charalambi TRAIKOW (l%O)
fL /Y/, y v G y o `%kt/r0
Secretary General I1.ja IGNATOW (fl)
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CEYLON
/J,f',~'GC /F1 x/0/1/
Gey t- ro-up, IOJ
Membership
Officers
Chairman
Vice Chairmen
Secretary
c"' C:'elz&. `
239 Canal Bank Road
Colombo 6, Ceylon
R. PiI Lf?tW LA
K.V.S. VAS
K. B.sTYGI'IUAA5
Sheton FtANANDO
R. WIVAGURUNA'THAN
P. D. de ALWIS
Rajah V. EIANAYAE
Hema de Silva VZERAPP TIMA
A. B. Mendis
T. S $ A lv
A. B. SAi RA 'IN i
Ananoa WEE MWARNE
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CHINA (Communist)
All-China Journalists'Association
Address
Member ship
Officers
Chairman
Vice Chairmen
Peking, China
`:
WU Leng-ksi
M?J is I
t-/1L7 T'
Chu Mu-chih
Chin Chung-hua
Wang Yun- sheng
Fan Chin
An Kang
Teng Kang
Li Wu
Chou Yu
Li Peng-chuan
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Union of Czechoslovak Journalists
(Svaz Ceskoslovenskych Novinaru)
Address Stalinova 3,
Prague, III
Member ship
Officers
Chairman
Secretary General
Secretary
Publication
f_'?"fate jig)
Vojtech Dc
iJ (1446)
Miroslav D?ccAI. (1"0)
K. F. ZIERIS (1.19")
Ceskoslovenskych Novinaru
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FINLAND
Finnish General Newspapermen's Union
(Suomen Yleinen Lehtimiesliito)
Addre ss
Membership
4---Officers
Chairman
Secretary
Treasgrer
Kaisaniemenkatu 2 A,
SN-Seura,
Helsinki
Erkki KVliN..`
Toivo RI YAI4E1N
Pirkko HELJE
tIA
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FRANCE
National Union of Journalists
(Syndicat National des Journalistes)
Address 213, rue Lafayette,
Paris
Membership 14-60 ~
Officers
"cam' EL'
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GERMANY (East)
Association of the German Press
(Verband der Deutschen Presse)
Address
Friedrichstrasse 101,
Berlin, NW 7
Member ship
Officer s
Chairman George KJAAU$i (}9&O)
Secretary General Walter G t'.AUL (1960)
Secretary Karl ST1 d JJ Yj8c I4 (1$64)
Publication Neue Deutsche Presse
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HUNGARY
National Federation of Hungarian Journalists
(Magyar Ujsagirok Orszagos Szovetsege)
Address Stalin ut 101,
Budapest
Member ship
Officers
President
Secretary General
Secretary
Szakasits ARIP'i (19&9)
Norbert SIK L OS1' (1960)
Mihaly HdRV'AtI )
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IIA
Union of Iraqi Journalists
Address
Member ship
Officers
President
Mme. Naima el W
Munir RAiop,
M. Mohammed MO
Al JE*. i I' (1960)
M. Hassan al AiA I
Mohammed Hassan el SOU ?,I
Abdul Rahim S#AR1F'
Mohammed Shawkar
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!'' , ill Z) , VP /
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KOREA (North)
Member ship
-Officer s
//o o'?
Korean Journalists' Union
Rkapilan, 4Pyongyang,)",
Korea
,X110,44 ?1Z /!/v/v
Chairman
Chen Pehii-Chun (1960)
(WW
T u - cN/N
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MEXICO
The Mexican Journalists' Centre
(El Centro de Periodistas Mexicanos~- CPM)
Address Bucareli 59, Piso 2,
Mexico D. F.
Member ship
Officer s
Gran
Vic e G-lei--rim/and
t.6 I
Renato L. Uc
To,re
,~lYi4/tAA a
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MONGOLIA
Union of Mongolian Journalists
Address
c/o Redakcia Unen,
Ulan Bator,
Mongolia
Member ship
_...Offi c e r s
Vice Chairman Otsc irirx MM (1960)
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POLAND
Polish Association of Journalists
(Stowarzyszenia Dziennikarzy Polskich)
Address Foksal 3/5
Member ship
Warsaw
1, 200 estimated (1951)
Offic
~~II GS f~/ra I~EJ /~~
Secretary General TaeK
Publication Prasa Polska
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RUMANIA
Union, of Rumanian Journalists
Address
Casa Zieristilor,
Str. Dobrogeanu Gherea Nr 5,
Bucharest
Member ship
- Officers
Chairman
Nestor I1`~'A
(1960)
Secretary General
Di..
/Y Z I-j ' ~L; R
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cc R/veJ"C N
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USSR
Union of Soviet Journalists
Address
Member ship
-Officers
Chairman
Secretaries
Suworowskij Bulwar,
Moscow
P. A. SATLJk (1960)
Boris BURIC)W (1960)
A. I. A IJ~ I. 3EI (1960)
D. P. GQT IVRGV (1960)
D. F. K ?Iv J40 V (1960)
P. P. E;t:?FEW(1960)
N. G. P4 ILdUNc * (1960)
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VIETNAM
Union of Vietnamese Journalists,
(Association des Journalists Vietnamiens)
Member ship
Officers
Chairman
rue 13 Phan Chu Trinh,
Hanoi.
Vietnam
Xuan THT Y (1960)
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