Secretariat confirms International Department request (29 December 1976, 25-S-2359): provide 11 months of military training for 15 members of the Socialist Party of Chile. Preceded by 30 August 1976 record of conversation at International Department (total 4 pp). [R 30 December 1976, St 38-36]

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St 38/36, 30 December 1976

RESOLUTION
CPSU Central Committee Secretariat

Re: Issue raised by International Department, CPSU Central Committee

1. Meet the request by Comrade Carlos Altamirano, Secretary General of the Socialist Party of Chile, concerning the accommodation in 1977 in the USSR of a group of SPC members, 15 in the group, to undergo a 11-month military training course.

2. The accommodation, training arrangements, and traveling expenses from Santiago to Moscow and back shall be the responsibility of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

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Excerpts to Comrades Ustinov, Ponomaryov…

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To be returned within three days
to CPSU Central Committee (Sector II, General Dpt.)

Workers of all lands, unite!

CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE SOVIET UNION

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St 38/36

30 December 1976

Excerpt from Minutes No 38, item 36, Central Committee Secretariat

Issue raised by Central Committee International Department

1. Meet the request by Comrade Carlos Altamirano, Secretary General of the Socialist Party of Chile, concerning the accommodation in 1977 in the USSR of a group of SPC members, 15 in the group, to undergo a 11-month military training course.

2. The accommodation, training arrangements, and traveling expenses from Santiago to Moscow and back shall be the responsibility of the USSR Ministry of Defense.

SECRETARY OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE

Sent to Comrades Ustinov, Ponomaryov

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To the CPSU Central Committee

Issue raised by Central Committee International Department

In 1975-76, a group of representatives of the Socialist Party of Chile underwent a nine-month military training course; according to the SPC leadership, this was instrumental in considerably improving the Party’s performance in this sphere. To this end, Comrade Carlos Altamirano, Secretary General of the Socialist Party of Chile, has requested (see attachment) that in 1977 the USSR accommodate another group of SPC representatives, a group of 15 members, to undergo a 11-month course of military training.

We consider that the above request of Comrade C. Altamirano should be granted; that the USSR should accommodate this group of SPC representatives,  15 members, and provide for their 11-month military training; that their accommodation, training arrangements, and traveling expenses from Santiago to Moscow and back should be provided and recompensed by the USSR Ministry of Defense. This matter has been agreed with the USSR Ministry of Defense  (Comrade Kulikov). Comrade L. Corvalan supports Comrade C. Altamirano’s request.

Enclosed is a draft Resolution of the CPSU Central Committee.

(Signed) V. Shaposhnikov,
Deputy Head, International Department
CPSU Central Committee

29 December 1976
25-S-2359

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Attachment

RECORD
of a conversation with Comrade C. Altamirano,
Secretary General of the Socialist Party of Chile

In the course of a conversation with officials of the International Department, CPSU Central Committee, Comrade C. Altamirano voiced his heartfelt gratitude to the CPSU for lending a helping hand with the training of his Party members and requested that the USSR accommodate a group of SPC members, in a group of 15, and organize their 11-month military training.

(Signed) Yu. Antonov
Assistant, International Department
CPSU Central Committee

30 August 1976

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NOTES

General

1. Notes and additions by translator and editor are bracketed, thus [ ];
2. Text added by hand is indicated in italic script;
3. when a handwritten phrase, figure or word has been added
to a previously typed document it is indicated by underlined italic script.

Translation, George Sklyar