VV Zhenikhov, Chairman of the All-Union Society for Cultural Relations (VOKS) with Foreign Countries, opens the gala evening. Among those present at the presidium: Finnish Ambassador to the USSR E. Vuori, Minister of Social Security of the RSFSR N. A. Muravyova, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Nationalities of the USSR Armed Forces P. T. Komarov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the USSR A. V. Zakharov. Among the speakers at the evening: Minister of Education of the RSFSR E. I. Afanasenko, Chairman of the Finnish Seimas V. Sukselainen and others.