EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A000800010124-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 124
• Publication Date: January 24, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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18 EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER
24 January 1i,68
Yugoslavs, Berate Bulgarians Over Macedonia
In,an article on 14 January entitled "The Ghost
of San Stefano; Revival of Old Pretensions," the
Belgrade press has accused its Sofia counterparts
of again putting forth Bulgarian claims to Yugoslav
Macedonia. The Yugoslavs were objecting to an article
in the Sofia "Rabotnicesko Delo" entitled "On the
Occassion of the nn versary of the Liberation of
Bulgaria." which discussed the Treaty of San Stefano.
COMMENT: The Macedonian issue between Yugoslavia
and Bulgaria had been dormant lately, until this sudden
affront to Belgrade's sensitivity. The San Stefano
Treaty of 1878 not only made Bulgaria independent, but
set up a large Bulgarian state which included most of
Macedonia. It was superceded at the insistance of the
great powers by the Treaty of Berlin later the same
year, which established a small Bulgarian state. Ever
since then, the San Stefano Treaty has been a rallying
cry for Bulgarian nationalists and anathema to the Yugoslav
regime, whose claim of a separate Macedonian nationality
within the Yugoslav federation has never been fully
acknowledged by Sofia.
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Yugoslav Industrial Production Lags
Three relatively underdeveloped republics, Bosnia-
Hercegovina, Serbia, and Montenegro, suffered declines
in their industrial production in 1967, according to
final Yugoslav statistics. However, production
increased in the more advanced republics of Croatia,
Slovenia, and the underdeveloped republic of Macedonia.
Industrial production in Yugoslavia as a whole declined
four tenths of ercent from 1966.
COMMENT: The decline will reinforce the arguments
of those in the underdeveloped areas who oppose the
regime's liberal economic reforms, and heighten
national economic rivalries in Yugoslavia. The
three republics which increased their production
are the same ones which cooperated in bringing
about the ouster of former party secretary Aleksandar
Rankovic, a Serb and head of the conservative faction
in the party, who opposed the reforms.
Rumanian Premier Received by the Pope
Premier Maurer and Foreign Minister Manescu were
received in a private audience by Pope Paul VI on 24
January. The Rumanians had concluded an official
visit to Rome on 23 January.
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COMMENT: This meeting, the first between a
Pontiff and the Rumanian Communist leaders almost
certainly is related to Bucharest's seeming effort
to play the role of a mediator in the Vietnam war.
In following President Johnson's lead of talking
about a solution to Vietnam with the Pope, the
Rumanians do not imperil their mediation role -- at
least with Washington. At the same time, the meeting
will bring additional popular attention to bear on
resolving the crisis.
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