The grand meeting at the Central House of the Soviet Army, devoted forty years of the Main Political Directorate of the Soviet Army and Navy, opens the meeting and delivers a report, Army General Golikov. At the podium: Marshals of the Soviet Union Konev, S. Biryuzov, Sokolovsky, Budyonny, Chief Air Marshal KA Vershinin, Chief Marshal of Artillery MI Nedelin, First Secretary Moscow City Party Committee and VI Ustinov, head of department of the CPSU Central Committee A. Zheltov, People's Artist of USSR EN Gogoleva and others. Speakers: V. Ustinov, Konev, E. N. Gogoleva, secretary of the Komsomol EK Boehm.