EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A000800010038-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: May 14, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER
14 May 196.:
President De Gaulle Arrives in Rumania
The French President arrived today in Bucharest and re-
portedly was greeted by thousands of enthusiastic spectators.
He will be in Rumania on an official visit until the morning
of 19 May. De Gaulle's address to the Rumanian parliament on
15 May and to the Rumanian people on television on 17 May
highlight his speaking schedule.
His arrival coincides with the thirteenth anniversary
of the founding of the Warsaw Pact. Inasmuch as both he and
Rumanian party and state chief Ceausescu oppose the concept
of military blocs, it seems quite likely that the two maverick
leaders will comment at least indirectly on NATO and the
Warsaw Pact. De Gaulle's remarks on military blocs and
other sensitive subjects coupled with the current tension
in Eastern F>rnne have accentuated the trip's diplomatic
delicacy.
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Polish Movie Industry in Turmoil
Purges and demands for reorganization hit the already
troubled. Polish movie industry at a recent meeting of the
industry's party organization in Lodz.
The meeting expelled renowned film director Alexander
Ford from the party, and leveled stern warnings against three
other directors who, unlike Ford, agreed to "self-criticism."
Ford, who had already been ousted from his job some weeks
ago, has indicated that he expected the party action. It
is clear that Ford "talked back" during the meeting, and it
is possible that he may now reconsider his earlier reported
decision to ride out the present storm in Poland.
The party meeting also called for a dissolution of all
eight of the industry's film production teams, a proposal which
will be considered further at a meeting later this month.
The demise of these well-integrated teams and the purging of
their directors could shell the end of the harassed Polish
film industry'.
Polish Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Appointed Ambassador
Veteran, pro-Western Deputy Foreign Trade Minister,
Franciszek Modrzewski, was appointed new Polish Ambassador
to Belgium on 6 May, replacing Jan Wasilewski.
The 66 year-old Modrzewski, who is not Jewish and whose
apparent demotion is not directly related to the current poli-
tical turmoil. in Poland, has worked well with Foreign Trade
Minister Trampczynski. There were rumors as early as last
fall, however, that the ministry would be reorganized and
streamlined, eliminating up to three of the former five de-
puty minister slots. The positions of Modrzewski and of
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Deputy Minister Kutin, who was ousted some weeks ago, were
among those mentioned for elimination. Earlier this year,
Modrzewski himself said that he was looking forward to a
foreign assignment, and had mentioned Belgium as a nc i -
Bulgaria Limits US Embassy Complement
Bulgaria is withholding approval of a new third secretary
to the US embassy in Sofia because it would put the staff
"over the complement" agreed to in 1959. The US does not
recognize the 1959 talks as a concrete agreement on the size
of the US mission, but rather as a working hypothesis en-
visaged for the early years of a new mission after a ten year
break in relations. Apparently the protocol department of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs took this action without coordi-
nating it with the America's department, suggesting that it
may be another demonstration of orthodox vigilance designed
to satisfy conservative elements in Sofia. The embassy expects,
a favorable olution to the problem.
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