EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A000800010029-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: May 25, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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115 EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER
25 May 1968
Berlin Mayor to Assume Local SPD Chairmanship
Mayor Schuetz intends to become chairman of the Berlin
SPD vice Kurt Mattick, at a local party congress on 25 May.
Schuetz hopes to assume control of the party organization
and transform it into a predominantly right-wing group.
He will need the cooperation of the conservative faction
within the Berlin SPD, called the Mafia, which is presently
under the control of deputy mayor Kurt Neubauer. Neubauer
will probably be elected deputy party chairman, and a number
of Neubauer's associates in the party are expected to be
elected to other high party positions. This group will then
endeavor to rid the exective committee and other party organs
of the :Left wing element which is presently in difficulty
because of its support for the extra-parliamentary opposi-
tion. The conservatives hope to use a newly-establi
local party court to purge the left wing-
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Party Maintains Rigid Control of Bulgarian Writers' Congress
The first Congress of the Union of Bulgarian Writers,
held in Sofia during 20-22 May, produced no indication
of impending liberalization within tip: stable, tightly
regulated atmosphere of Bulgarian literary circles.
Georgi Dzhagarov, endorsed and controlled by the Party
leadership, was reelected president of the Union. Both of
the deputy presidents elected also appear to be Party
conformists. The speeches and statements issued at the
Congress stressed the familiar themes of "faithfulness to
the principles of socialist realism," and unity among the
writers, the Party and the people.
Petr Pujmann, President of the Czechoslovak Union of
Writers, provided the single jarring note to the otherwise
bland harmony of the Congress. While reaffirming his country's
commitment to socialism and its "firm ties with the Soviet
Union," Pujmann defended Czechoslovakia's present political
liberalization and the Czechoslovak writers' deviations
from socialist realism. His speech before the congress was
greeted with stony silence by the audience, according to a
Rumanian delegate. In line with Bulgaria's sketchy reporting
f Pujmann'S comments
of the situation in Prague, no mention o
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Yugoslav Banking Delegation to Visit US
At the :invitation of the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), directors from ten
leading Yugoslav Banks will arrive in the US for a 19
day tour beginning 3 June.
The group's tour will take them to Washington, New
York, Pittsburgh and Chicago where they will participate
in banking seminars, study procedures for improving working
cooperation with the IBRD, and visit stock exchanges and
banks. They will then go to Mexico City for a few days
before returning to Yugoslavia. The delegation will
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undoubtedly be looking for pointers that might help them in
dcalina with current problems in the Yugoslav economy.
Hungary Passes USDA Meat Inspection
Hungary may now export meat to the US. After several
years of negotiations, revisions in Hungarian meat packing
procedures, and finally, inspection by US Department of
Agriculture representatives, the State Department is ready
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to add Hungary to the list of countries elig
meat to the US, which is published in the Federal Register.
East German Postal Demands May be Negotiated
The two Germanies may open negotiations to settle the
long standing claim by Pankow for postal services allegedly
incurred by West Germany. In replying to Bonn Postal
Minister Dollinger's 9 May letter offering to make a
"first step" toward recompensation, GDR Postal Minister
Schulze said his ministry had ordered "an examination of the
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message and reserves the right to take further action.
Dollinger had demanded an itemized account of the charges
and said that his government was prepared to make compensa-
tion for the period from 1 January 1967. However, the
East Germans continue to refer to a debt of "about one
billion marks"' which suggests they still hone to be compen-
sated for services dating back to 1954.
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More North Vietnamese Trainees Arrive-in-Poland
Two hundred more Vietnamese have arrived in Gdansk
for training in the shipbuilding industry, according to the
13 May :Polish press. The report also indicated that yet
another group would arrive soon to take part in the
Gdansk training program, which is to last 3-4 years.
As of late last summer, there were about 2000
North Vietnamese in Poland, about 75% of them in industrial
training programs and the rest in higher education. Earlier
this year, at least one group of some 300 arrived for
training in various Polish enterprises. The total Vietnamese
student and tr.ainee,comDlement in Poland probably is around
2500 and counting.
Albania to Participate in Network of Balkan Seismological
Station
Albania participated in an April meeting of seismologists
at Skopje, Yugoslavia (siteof the disasterous 1.963 earthquake)
and agreed along with Greece, Bulgaria, Rumania, Turkey and
Yugoslavia to participate in the establishment of a network
of seismological stations.
Tirana's decision follows last November's severe earth-
quake along the Albanian-Yugoslav border, near the town
of Shupenze. Tirana apparently has decided to put aside,
at least temporarily, political differences and cooperate
in a joint venture for the betterment of the area.
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