Viaje al Exterior

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Morocco and Canada, 1972

Morocco
Rabat

 
December 19
 
•    Interview granted at Rabat’s airport.
•    Fidel is welcomed by King Hassan II at the Royal Palace.
•    Farewell ceremony at the airport headed by Ajmed Osman, Prime Minister of Morocco.
 
Soviet Union
Moscow

 
•    Talks held at the airport of Vnukovo with some members of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of the USSR.
•    Fidel was taken to the Lenin’s Hills residence, where he stayed during his visit in Moscow.
 
December 20
 
•    Fidel laid wreaths on the Lenin’s Mausoleum and on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  Visit to the indoors and premises of the Mausoleum at the Red Square.
•    Visit to the television station installed at the Ostankino tower and to the tower’s restaurant.
•    Gala of the new circus of Moscow.
•    Walking tour around the Red Square.
 
December 21
 
•    Opening of the Solemn Joint Meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the Supreme Soviet of Russia’s Socialist Federation, in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the USSR, in the Kremlin.
 
December 22
 
•    Speech delivered at the Joint Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union and the Supreme Soviet of Russia’s Socialist Federation at Kremlin’s Congress Palace.
•    Interview offered to Moscow’s Central Television and Radio.
 
Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador

 
December 24
 
•    Interview granted to a representative of a local paper in Gander.