Soviet Union: Changes of Personnel in Government

A file of correspondence and reports concerning personnel changes in Soviet governmental organisations and ministries. The documents cover changes of personnel in state organisations concerned with propaganda and mass communication, including the State Committee for Radio and Television, the State Committee for Cinematography, the State Committee for Publishing, and the propaganda section of Central Committee. Other topics covered include appointments to the TASS and Novosti press agencies; the appointment of the former first secretary of the Leningrad communist party, Vasilii Tolstikov, as the new Soviet ambassador to China; the appointment of Vladimir Terebilov as the Minister of Justice; and appointments within the Ministry of Aviation, the State Committee for Science and Technology, the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the State Committee for Forestry. Other documents in the file cover changes within regional government; and the appointment of ambassadors to Australia and Czechoslovakia.