City of Moscow. May 24, 1957. Evening on the 38th anniversary of the proclamation of independence of Afghanistan in the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (VOKS). Speakers: BGGafurov, the Afghan ambassador to the USSR, Abdul Hakim, a member of the delegation of Afghanistan Gul Pacha Ulfat. Among those present: MP Georgadze, A. Gerasimov and his wife, M. Tarasov, SV Kaftanov, VS Semenov, and others.