1st International Fair of Algiers
The economic event of the year 1964 was undoubtedly the organization of the 1st International Fair of Algiers (FIA – September 28 – October 11, 1964).
Several foreign countries will display their stands in the pavilions of this 1st FIA installed in Dar El Beïda. Participating countries include Cuba, the GDR, the USSR, Bulgaria, Great Britain, France, Czechoslovakia, the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria), China, Finland, Italy, India, Morocco, Tunisia, Kuwait and Libya.
Some of these countries will be represented at a high level in the hierarchy of their respective states. Among them, MM. Nikolaï Patolichev, Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade, Jean de Broglie, French Secretary of State for Algerian Affairs, Jaber Al Ahmad As-Sabbah, Kuwaiti Minister of Finance, Tsao-lu, Chinese Deputy Minister of Industrialization, and Abdelaziz Al Onatari, Iraqi Minister of Oil.
On this occasion, the publication of “The Economic Yearbook of Algeria 1964”, a 300-page brochure, was announced. Furthermore, we note the feat achieved by Posts and Telecommunications which installed telephone lines in all the pavilions and stands of the fair in one day!