SOVIET DELEGATION PROMOTES FRIENDSHIP IN PEI-P'ING AREA

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• Publication Date: November 17, 1949
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SOVIET DELEGATION PROMOTES
FRIE9ASHIP IN PTI-P'IHC AREA
FIRST 6 DAYS R'IWDWlD -- Ta Kung Pao, 8 Oct 49
Pei-p'ing, 6 October (NCIVA) -- The activities of the Soviet delegaticn cf
the cultural, arts, and science workers, since their arrival in Pei-p'ing were
as follows:
1 October -- Participated in the birthday celebration _)f the Feople's
Government, People's Republic of China.
2 October -- Participated in the organizing conference of the China
Branch, World Peace Conference.
5 October -- Participated in tie orga4Llzing conference cf the Sino-
Soviet Friendship Association Headquarters in Pei-ping.
6 October -- Teomitov, director of the International Publishing Company,
USSR, explained the organization and operation of the Soviet publishing and
printing industry to the members of the Chinese Publishing Committee Includ-
ing Hu Y1!-chih, Huang Lo-feng, We-ig Tzu-yfh, end Hue ling-shen.
Lo T'ien-tzu, Dean of the Agricultural Department, North Chine University,
conferred with Soviet Aeri ulturel Specialist Stoletov.
In the afternoon, Sovie, ;Sdr,? ,;tor Dopolovina defined the Soviet educational
system and functions to more than 1,000 educational workers in Pei-ping.
WHO'S WHO IN SOVIET DELEGATION -- Wen-hui Pao, 5 Oct 49
The Soviet delegation of cultr*al, arts, and science workers, which ar-
rfved in rsi-p'ing on 1 October to participate In the organizirg conference:
of the China Branch of the World Peeee Conference and the Headquarters of the
Sino-Soviet Friendship i!.,soctation, includes 13 famous Soviet figures in the
cultural, arts, and science circles, and 21 entertainers, 13 of whom compose
the famous Red Army Chorus.
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The 13 important personages in the delegation are:
writers; Chairman, Stalin Prize Committee; Deputy Chairman, Standing Com-
mittee, World Peace Conference; and member, Standing Committee, USSR Branch
of World Peace Conference..
K. M. Simonov -- Delegation Deputy Chief; Assistant Secretary, Union of
Soviet Writers; member Standing Committee, World. Peace Conference; and member,
Standing Committee, USSR Branch of the World Peace Conference.
S. AGeraeimov -- Delegate; professor; movie director (directed "The
Young Guardamen"~; artist, member, Standing Committee, World Peace Conference.
V. M. Stoletov -- Delegate; Doctor of Biochemistry; President, Chumlyak
Agricultural School.
E. ACs1_.adze (female) -- Delegate; Doctor of Technology; vice-president,
Academy of Sciences of Georgic.
L. Y. nopalovina (female) -- Delegate; Deputy Chief, Ministry of Education,
RSFSR.
L. V. Varlamov -- Delegate; movie director.
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'ginner Stalin Prize.
E. S. Markov -- Delegate; Deputy Chief, Far East Department of the all-
Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign countries.
E. M. Fuzini -- Delegate; Chief, Propaganda Department, Soviet Yos:h Anti-
Fascist Association; secretary for the Soviet dolegation.
K, M. Chikarev -- Delegate; Deputy Chief, Record Department, all-union
Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.
K. M. Kurochirhina (female) -- Typist for the Soviet delegation.
SOVIET CANtRAMISN ARRIVE IN PEI-P'ING -- Ta Kung Pao. 3 Oct 49
Pei-ping, 30 September (5CNA) -- Eleven Soviet cameramen, headed by
S. A, Gerasimov, arrived in Pei-p'ing on 30 September 1949. These Sovie~
cameramen are a part of the 43-member Soviet delegation who are to partic-
ipate in various functions in Pei-ping.
The cameramen were welcomed by Lu Ting-i, Chairman of the Central Prop-
aganda Committee, CCP; and representatives from the Central Committee of the
CCP, the New Democratic Youth League of Chin:.. the Sino.- wiet Friendship Aa-
eociation, the Central Mo-7ing Picture Control Board, Pei-p'ing movie houses,
the A31-China Students Union, the Soviet Intercultural Association, and the
Soviet Far East Film Exporting Company.
Geraaimov, in response to Lu's welcoming speech, said that their aim is
to make films of the reconctruction work now being carriai. out in the liberated
areas and, at the same time, exhibit various Soviet cult ral and aoientific
works so that Sino-Soviet relationship becomes more clc ly linked.
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Russia, They spoke at the Democracy Square in Pei-p'ing University. The speeches
were heard by more than 1;000 students and teachers from Pei-p'ing University,
Hua-pei University, National Academy, Transportation College of the Pei-p'ing
Railway Adminietration School, Fu-Jen University, Franco-Chinese University,
and middle schools in Pei-p ing, Tang Yung-ciao, chairman of the Administrative
Committee of the Psi-p'ing University delivered the welcome speech:
In the afternoon, Dcpolovina held a discussion meeting with educational
workers; Markov and Chikarev talked to the members of the China Association for
Promoting Democratic Culture, includin Haiso San, She K'o-fu, Ting Tean, Hung
Shen, Feng Nai-ch ao, and Yeh Chien-y
Pei-p'ing, 9 October (NCNA) -- The Soviet delegates on 9 October 1949
talked to students and faculty members of Psi-p'ing University, and also held
discussion meetings with educational and cultural workers.
izationa end agencies; (4) encourage the study of the Russian language; (5) dis-
play Soviet newspapers, periodicals, and documents In libraries and read Lzg rooms;
and (6) show Soviet films, introduce. Soviet songs, dances, and plays.
and Markov from the Soviet delegation of the cultural, arts, and sciences workers;
Sereg'in [?J, Acting Counsul General of the USSR in Pei-p'ing; and 21 Soviet
city-planning.experte.
It was decided that the six immediate goals of the association are:
(1) propegandize the need of Sino-Soviet friendship; (2) intensify recruiting
of members; (3) establish SSFA breaches in acbuols, factories, and other organ-
than 400 people on 9 October 1949.
DD,TGATION TAKES PART IN SSFA ORGANIZING CERFMONY -- Ta Kung Tao, 11 Oct 49
Pai-ping, 9 October (NCNA) -?' The official establishment of the Sino-
PRESENTS FILMS AND TKITB00KS'- - Wen-hui Pao, 6 Oct 49
Pei-ping, 5 October -- on 6 October 1949, at the official. organizing
conference for the headquarters of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association,
the Soviet delegation presented famous Soviet films, records, and textbooks
to the association.
The gifts, presented by E. S. Markov. included 15 Soviet films, text-
books from middle and higher schools in the Soviet Union, literary collec-
tions, and about 1,000 musical records.
The titles of films presented include: "The Battle of Stalingrad," "The
Young Guardsmen" (written by A. A. Fadayev and directed by S. A. Geraeimo-r,
both In the Soviet delegation), "The Meeting on the Elbe," "Academician," "Pav-
lov," "Michurin," "Konetantin Zaelanuv," "Song of Siberia," "Lenin," "The May-
Day Parade of 1949," and "Pushkin."
DONATRS SOVIET BOOKS TO CHINRSF. LIBRARIES -- Ta Kung Pao, 11 Oct 49
Pei-ping, 9 October (NCNA) -- In her speech before the Pei-p'ing
educational workers on 8 October 1949i Dopolovina said that the USSR has
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recently donated 5,750,000 Soviet books printed in the Chinese language to
various Chineee li,rariea.
Dopolaviua lu the iii'vut i of thy lutsrnational Publishing ilouee of The
USSR, and a :member of the Soviet delegation which has been in Pei-p'ing since
1 October to participate in activities to strengthen Sino-Soviet ties.
Dopolovina explained the organization and functions of the Soviet publish-
ing and printing industry. As opposed to those in the capitalistic nations,
the Soviet publishing and printing industry is a government-owned nonprofit
organization. Its main purpose is to serve the people. Because of its re-
sponsible nature, any person who wants to purcue this profession should be
well-educPted and must be a confirmed Communist Party-liner, she added.
Her speech was heard by the officals of the Publishing Committee, Central
Propaganda Department, CCP; delegates who attended the Publishing Agencies Con-
ference of the New China Publishing Company; and the library staffs of the Pei-
p'ing, Ching-hua, Yen-ching, and. Pei-p'ing Teachers' uoiveraities.
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