Leonov, Nikolay Sergeyevich, 201-132139

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11. Arrangerents were made for LALANSEY to meet with Bernardo TEMS Vorales of the Direction General de Prensa (Foreign Ministry Press Section) on 29 September at 12:00 a.m.

B. Relations with other Latin American Disaster

2. Vladimir Mikhaylovich / PART of the Soviet Embassy arranged a meeting Between CIEKASOV and the Venezuelan Ambassador on 4 September. The Ambassador had previously expressed a desire to see CIEKASOV on that date.

2. On 1 September PALOV made arrangements for CERMASOV to see the Haitian Ambassador at 160 p.m. at the Haitian Embassy. PALOV also made similar appointments at the Guatemalan, Dominican, and Costa Rican Embassies. An attempt to contact the Honduran Charge d'Affaires was unsuccessful at that time, but an appointment was made later in the week.

3. Gaston FORALES Barragan, Second Secretary of the Peruvian Embassy, contacted the Soviet Embassy on 7 September concerning a communication about the disarmament question addressed to the President of the Chamber of Deputies and a note of Soviet opinion on the Sues question. Since Peru does not have diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, FORALES could not send these notes to his country, and would return them to POPOV.

4. On 12 September KAZANTSEV contacted Hugo KAVARRO Bolandi, First Secretary of the Costa Rican Embassy, who said he had attempted to reach KAZANTSEV about a certain matter, for President FIGUERES had told him that he would have an opportunity to see the Russian Ambassador both at dinner at the Foreign Office that day and at the reception in the evening.

5. On 17 September The secretary of the Nicaraguan Ambassador made arrangements through Nikolai beCN07, anassy official, for a meeting between the two Ambassadors for 27 September at 8:00 p.m. in full dress.

6. KAZANTSEV attempted on 19 September to arrange a meeting with Antonio CHOCANO Batres, First Secretary of the Guatemalan Embassy. CHOCANO appeared hesitant to commit himself to a specific date, and finally asked KAZANTSEV to call him on the 25th. KAZANTSEV seemed to ignore CHOCANO's disinterest in the matter.

7. On 19 September LZONOV left a mess age at the Ecuadorean Embassy, saying that Ambassador KULAZENOV wished to invite the Ecuadorean Ambassador to luncheon or dinner on 25 or 26 September. No definite plans were made.