EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A000800010002-1
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 27, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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140 EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER OCI #0733/68
27 June 1968
Hungary's Kada:r Leaves for Moscow
The Hungarian party leader left for Moscow on 27 June at
the head of party and government delegation, according to
an "in house" message by the Hungarian Press Agency (MTI)
to all provincial newspapers. He is accompanied by Premier
Fock and :Foreign Minister Peter.
Kadarr's trip reportedly had been expected for some time,
but its exact timing had not been previously announced.
The visit follows a Hungarian party plenum held ten days
ago, and the close in Budapest this week of the second session
of the preparatory committee for the international Communist
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meeting this fall. Apart from bilateral economic issues,
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Kadar's talks earlier this month with Czechoslovak party
leader Dubcek will be high on the agenda.
Tito Condemns Domestic and Foreign Critics
President Tito sharply criticized dissident elements
in Yugoslavia for attempting to use recent student unrest
to draw a following and spread alien ideas in a speech
opening the Sixth Congress of Yugoslav Trade Unions on
26 June. Tito also twitted his critics from fellow socialist
countries by noting that while Yugoslavia has some difficul-
ties, it has the strength to deal with them. He defended
the Yugoslav system describing it as an attempt to build
"humane" socialism in its own way and strongly implied that
other socialist countries should not interfere. Tito did
emphasize, however, that Yugoslavia was allied with these
socialists countries in the struggle against imperialism
and the preservation of peace.
Tito's references to his internal critics are aimed at
those in academic circles who have called for more rapid
democratization in Yugoslavia, including a multi-party system.
His comments on alien concepts probably refers to the appearance
of Maoist style posters on the walls of university buildings.
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The East Germans are gloating over the outcome of the
NATO ministerial conference which resulted in nothing more
than a rather mild rebuke for Pankow's new regulations on
Berlin access.
Neues Deutschland of 26 June claimed that NATO had
rejected a West German call for harsh declarations against
the GDR moves. Furthermore, Neues Deutschland said that
the meeting failed to commit NATO to the countermeasures
desired by Bonn.
The West German press, for its part, blamed Bonn's
failure to take strong countermeasures for NATO's reluctance
to strike back decisively at Pankow. One West German paper
contrasted Secretary Rusk's visit to Bonn with the more
forceful show of US support following the establishment of
the Berlin Wall when Johnson and Kennedy both visited the
city of Berlin itself.
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East-West German Reaction to NATO Meeting