News of the Day No 20

Czechoslovakia. City of Prague. The signing of an agreement on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between Czechoslovakia and the USSR. Present: Leonid Brezhnev, G. Husak, A. Kosygin, L. Strougal. Rally at the Prague Castle Square. A ceremonial meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Czechoslovakia from fascism. Speakers: Leonid I. Brezhnev, G. Gusak. Moscow city. Laying wreaths at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the leaders of the CPSU and the Soviet government. Present: L. I. Brezhnev, A. N. Kosygin, N. V. Podgorny. Moscow region. Departure Dubosekovo. A meeting dedicated to the laying of a monument to the heroes of Panfilov. The city of Leningrad. Laying wreaths at monuments and a monument at the Piskarevskoye cemetery. Ukraine. The opening of the Monument of Glory in the city of Lviv. Laying wreaths at the monument to the Unknown Sailor in Odessa. The city of Volgograd. The solemn ceremony of laying a capsule with an appeal to the descendants on the Mamayev Kurgan. Moscow city. Meeting of war veterans in the park near the Bolshoi Theater. Solemn meeting in honor of the 25th anniversary of Victory in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses. A. Grechko is speaking. The choir is singing (synchronously). Present: Leonid I. Brezhnev, A. N. Kosygin, A. A. Grechko, M. Kantaria, V. I. Chuikov, A. M. Vasilevsky, I. Kh. Baghramyan.

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