EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A000800010085-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 2008
• Sequence Number: 85
• Publication Date: March 12, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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Albanian Leaders Begin to Reappear'
Albanian party/government leaders are beginning to
appear in public after nearly a month?s unexplained absenee~
Premier Shehu and Deputy Premier Carcan.i attended 8 March
celebrations in Fier, while Internal Affairs Minister
Kadri Hasbiu and Assembly President Abdyl Kellezi attended
the 25th anniversary ceremonies of the founding of the
Albanian Women?s Union in Tiranao Still absent are
Minister of Defense Be it Balluku and Part First Sec
retar Enver Hoxha.
COMMENT: The reason for the unusual absence of
a :Large number of the top level Albanian officials in
the latter half of February and early March, remains
unclear. However, continued regime urgings of the
masses tc- greater efforts and "readiness" (including
Carcani?s 8 March speech at Fier) may indicate the
absence was in some way connected with Tirana's diffi-
cu:Lt;ies in "revolutionizing" Albania.
Yu?;oslavs "Stir-u~' CIA Scare
Belgrade's preoccupation with "foreign intelligence
activity" in Yugoslavia has gained a good deal of pub-
licity in the last few weeks. The expulsion of doctoral
fe:Llow William Lockwood on trum ed-up charges of espion-
age ten days before his
scheduled epar ure is a good. example of the regime's
determination to "dramatize" the alleged threat of
Amex~ica.n intelligence activities. Moreover, George
Marris? book "The C.I.A. and the American Trade Union
Movement" is being published in Belgrade--complete with
a preface stating, "the book recounts in the analytical
tongue of facts, the innermost side of an imperialism
which is robustly and brutally imposing itself upon the
world under the garb of some messiah or other." Apparently
demonstrating the degree to which the "CIA-scare" has
penetrated. the Yugoslav political system, the Serbian
Assembly recently announced that some of its members
carried out an investigation into the problems of securit=
in the communes and work or anizations.
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COMMENTe In the final analysis the whole "scare"
may be designed to divert attention from Yugoslavia4s
economic problems, nationality difficulties, and to
justify military spending.
Life Magazine President to Tour Eastern Europe
James Linen, the president of Life magazine, has
scheduled visits to Rumania, Hungary and Poland next
week. ,Linen will visit Bucharest on March 19th, Budapest
on the '21st and Warsaw on the 25th of March and will
be accompanied by his wife,another couple and the Life
representative in Vienna. Linen hopes to see as many
high-level Eastern European officials as possible but
he does not intend to publish the results of these meet-
ings unless the official concerned wants the meeting
publicized.
SS Constitution To Visit Bulgaria
The first visit of the SS Constitution to the
Bulgarian Black Sea port of Erna as een confirmed
fo:r 30 :March. Arrangements were made last year between
American Expor Isbrand.tsen Lines and Balkantourist for
an annual visit by a US flag passenger ship to a Bul-
garian resort port. Organized tour groups will be
available for those passengers who are interested in
the sights of Sofia.
In addition, the maiden voyage of the Bulgarian
passenger ship Varna brought 150 West German tourists
to Bulgaria on $-~Vlarch. The Varna was chartered by the
Europa Travel Agency in West ermany, but is manned by
a Bulgarian crew.
COMMENTS Apparently, Bulgaria plans to continue
expanding its tourist industry which earns much needed
hard currency but also exposes Bulgarians to the
"ideological infections" of the West.
Commander of the Sixth Fleet to Visit Yugoslavia
The Yugoslavs have approved the visit of Vice Admira:_
Martin, Commander of the Sixth Fleet, to the port of
Sp7.it .
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COMMENT; No date has been set, but the visit
probably will take place in April. A US destroyer visited
Split in January in the first US fleet visit to Yugoslavia
since events stemming from the Arab-Israeli war forced
the cancellation of two such calls, The April visit may
help blunt the effect of Yugoslav press assertions that
the Sixth Fleet is a part of a carefully planned "imper-
ialist offensive" in the Mediterranean.
Yugoslavs Purchase Soviet Aircraft
Generalexport, Yugoslavia's largest foreign commerce
enterprise, has purchased two Soviet TU-134's plus spare
parts. The planes will be used for charter flights be-
tween Western Europe and Yugoslav tourist centers. The
agreement for the $4.5 million deal provides that General-
export can trade the planes in on larger TU-154's two
years after the latter plane is in production.
COMMENT: The purchase of the TU-134's is related
to the bankruptcy of the Yugoslav airline Adria Aviopromet,
which could result in cancellation of charter bookings
and a subsequent loss of considerable foreign exchange
earnings. The acquisition of the planes strengthens
Generalexport's bid in its competition with the Yugoslav
airline, JAT, to absorb Adria.
Cambodian Heir Presumptive Completes Czechoslovak Education
Sihamoni Norodom, son of Cambodian Prince Sihanouk,
appears to have completed his education in Czechoslovakia.
He was received by the Minister of Education on 24
Fek~ruary and expressed his gratitude fox' the care he
received in Czechoslovakia. Presumably he heads. for
home and royal duties.
NOTE: THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ABOVE REPRESENT
ONLY THE ANALYSIS OF THE EE DIVISION
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