Eight members of the Supreme Soviet, the parliamentary body of the Soviet government, visited with Representatives and Senators today on the second day of their five-day Washington visit. The delegation, which arrived yesterday from Moscow to a warm welcome from Congressional members and wives at Andrews Air Force Base near here, is led by B.N. Ponomarev, alternate member of the politburo of the central committee of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party and chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Supreme Soviet’s Chamber of Nationalities.
The group had been invited earlier this year by House Speaker Carl Albert and Vice-President Gerald R. Ford. “No hard issues were discussed at all,” a spokesman for Albert said after the delegation had visited his office and later met with Senators at the office of Sen. John Sparkman (D. Ala.), chairman of the U.S. inter parliamentary group. Tomorrow and Wednesday, the delegation will meet with House members on discussions regarding “detente.” It was understood the discussions will be behind closed doors. The delegation will conclude its visit with a news conference Thursday at the Soviet Embassy. Ford will greet them in his office Wednesday.
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