EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A000800010068-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 68
• Publication Date: April 3, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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3 April 1968
EE Reaction to President Johnson's Speech
Eastern European reaction to President Johnson's speech
on 31 March has dropped off sharply during the last 24-hours9
perhaps in anticipation of Hanoi's announcement early today
to broadcast at 0930 EDT "a statement of the DRV Government
on US restricted bombing of North Vietnam."
The general tone of available reaction continues to
depict the President's speech as a strategic maneuver and
to reflect uncertainty over the full significance of the
Presidential remarks.
However, Czechoslovak reaction has changed from that
favoring "a deep analysis of the long-term consequences of
Johnson's speech" on 1 April to one on 2 April of carefully
phrased concern over the limits n1aced on reduced bombing
of North Vietnamese territory,
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Polish Foreign Trade Minister in Paris
Foreign Trade Minister Trampczynski arrived in Paris
on 31 March for four days of economic talks. He will be
received by economic and financial experts, as well as by
Foreign Minister Couve de Murville. According to AFP, the
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visit will prepare the way for party boss Gomulka
to France sometime this fall, probably September.
COMMENT: There is nothing as yet to indicate that
Trampczynski?s trip is more than economic in nature. This
is the second time in three weeks that the French have
referred to Gomulka?s rumored trip to Paris this fall.
Nervous over the potential effects of unrest in Poland on
DeGaulle?s image of Europe's future, they may be attempting
to smoke out the Poles, who have yet to mention
possibility of Gomulkaes making such a trip.
Hungarians Reportedly Expect Rumanians to Attend Preparatory
Commission,
The Hungarians reportedly think that, in view of Rumania?s
continuing contacts with its Eastern European allies, the
Rumanians will attend the 24 April meeting of the preparatory
commission for the international communist conference.
will Qpni1 a delee?ation to Budapest to begin is scions on
renewing the Hungarian-Rumanian friendship treaty wni.cn wiii
he siened during Kadar`s upcoming trip to Bucharest. F
COMMENT: At this point it is unlikely that the Rumanians
and Hungarians will be able to reach agreement on the terms
of a new treaty. The Soviets and the Rumanians have so fax
failed to agree on their treaty and without such Soviet
guidelines the Hungarians will find it difficult to proceed.
It is also highly unlikely that the Rumanians will attend
the session of the Budapest preparatory commission.
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Belgrade-Bonn Talks on Yugoslav Workers in the FRG Suspended
Yugoslav-West German talks on the position of Yugoslav
workers in the Federal Republic of Germany were suspended
on 1 April after apparently making some progress. The talks
are scheduled to resume at the beginning of September in
Belgrade, at which time the two countrys hope to reach an
agreement on social security benefits for Yugoslav workers
in the FRG.
COMMENT: The regulation of social security for
Yugoslavs in West Germany has been a major goal of Belgrade's
for several years and now that diplomatic relations have
been reestablished between the two countrys the Tito regime
has high hopes that negotiations on this subject can be
successfully concluded. Approximately 150,000 Yugoslavs
are currently employed in West Germany.
Student Unrest in East Germany
Students at Humboldt University in East Berlin called
for a greater voice in educational reforms, according to an
article in the 28 March West German paper Die Welt. At an
assembly in the University's main hall on '! March one
student speaker criticized "abstract concepts of freedom"
and called instead for more "concrete freedom."
Students in Magdeburg staged a march carr i-- slogans
in support of the war in Vietnam,
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by a larger group of party youth (FD J), but not before a
brief scuffle took place in which the demonstrators tore off
the FDJer"s party badges. Another incident occurred in
Magdeburg when police had to drive off students who had
placed park benches in a fountain, sat down on them and
began discussing innocuous party topics.
COMMENT: Despite ambitious regime efforts to control
the effects of developments in Poland and Czechoslovakia,
dissent is becoming evident among portions of the East
German populace. As a counter measure the government had
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hoped to involve the people in a massive drive to win
acceptance for the draft constitution. This ploy seems
to be backfiring, at least in some cases, though we are
unable to determine the breadth and depth of opposition,a.t
this time.
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