CU. MRS MARGARET TRUDEAU : VISITING BOLSHOI BALLET SCHOOL : AT BOLSHOI BALLET PERFORMANCE WITH HUSBAND AND MR KOSYGIN : WITH 'YOUNG PIONEERS' (GIRL) AT KIEV : ANOTHER CU OF HER SMILING.




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Background: MR. TRUDEAU AND ??? HIS WIFE MARGARET HAD EARLIER MADE A TOUR OF MOSCOW'S HIGHLIGHTS -- CULMINATING IN A PERFORMANCE OF THE FAMED BOLSHOI BALLET WHERE THEY SHARED A BOX WITH PREMIER LEXEI KOSGYIM. THE BOLSHOI -- AS USUAL -- WAS IN GREAT FORM.

THE TRUDEAUS ARE NOW CONTINUING THEIR RUSSIAN TOUR - AND HAVE ARRIVED IN KIEV. MR TRUDEAU, WHO HELD TALKS WITH ALL THE SENIOR SOVIET LEADERS DURING THE THREE DAYS IN MOSCOW, SAID HE HOPED TO "DIVERSIFY" SOLATIONS -- INDICATING THAT THIS WORLD COUNTERACT THE EFFECT OF CANADA'S "OVERPOWERING" NEIGHBOUR - THE UNITED STATES.

THE TRUDEAS HAVE BEEN DECEIVED WARMLY SO FAR IN THEIR RUSSIAN VIGIT AND THEY WILL GO TO SAMARKAND AFTER THEIR KIEV STOP. MR. TRUDEAU HAS INVITED PREMIER KOSGIN TO VISIT CANADA -- BUT NO DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE VISIT.

FOR MRS TRUDEAU -- IT'S HER FIRST ??? SOLO PERFORMANCE SINCE MARRYING THE PRIME MINISTER -- AND ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT SHE IS ??? WINNING EVERYONE OVER.