H. Assad's visit to the USSR

USSR. Moscow. First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Vasily Vasilyevich Kuznetsov, Minister of Defense of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitry Fyodorovich Ustinov, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Arab Socialist Revival Party, President of the Syrian Arab Republic Hafez al-Assad (left to right in the foreground) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR Alexei Nikolayevich Kosygin (third from right in the background) during the farewell ceremony for the Syrian delegation at Vnukovo Airport. Eduard Pesov/TASS