About the visit of the President of Syria to the USSR, visits to the cities of Moscow, Kiev and Tbilisi.
City of Moscow. Traffic. Meeting at the airport and the Party and government delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic, led by Hafez al-Assad. Among those present: Leonid Brezhnev, NV Podgorny, Gromyko. The talks in the Kremlin. During the negotiating table: Leonid Brezhnev, NV Podgorny, Kosygin, BN Ponomarev, Andrei Gromyko, C. Assad, A. Al-Ahmar, A. J. Hadden, D. Schayan, M. Hadid. The delegation members have placed a wreath at the Lenin Mausoleum, the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, during a visit to the Armory. Dinner in honor of H. Asada. The city of Kiev. Meeting of members of the delegation at the airport. Atmosphere: VV Scherbitsky, AF Vatchenko, AP Lyashko. Reception from VV Shcherbitsky. The delegation members have placed a wreath to the fallen obelisk in the park of Eternal Glory. Members of the delegation during the inspection of St. Sophia Cathedral. Streets, monuments. The city of Tbilisi. Streets, monuments. Meeting of members of the delegation at the airport. Atmosphere: Eduard A. Shevardnadze, PG Gilashvili, ZA Pataridze. Reception by Shevardnadze. Members of the delegation during the visit to a steel mill in Rustavi, Tbilisi Palace of Pioneers.