EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A000800010132-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 132
• Publication Date: January 16, 1968
• Content Type: REPORT

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EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER
16 January 1968
Albanians Aiding Polish Dissidence
Last week two or three more Poles were smuggled out of
Poland by the Albanian Embassy in Warsaw, according to a
Swiss Embassy officer. They had been issued Albanian passp(rts.25X1
As of 12 January the Albanian embassy building was ringed
with manned black Mercedes cars of the type favored by the
secret police (UB).
COMMENT: The most famous escapee from Poland via this
route was Kazimierz Mijal, a Stalinist opponent of party boas
Gomulka, who left in early 1966. Mijal now presumably is
directing the activities of the pro-Chinese "Polish Communist
Party" which broadcasts Maoist type propaganda to Poland
daily, and which claims to have established an underground
"true" Communist party in Poland. We assume that the latest
escapees are Mijal sympathizers.
The escapes may aid Gomulka in rebuffing what appears
to be a stepped up bid for political power by hardline Inteaior
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Minister Moczar, who is in charge of the secret police. Thp
UB was under a cloud for some time after Mijal's departure,
and was just getting out from under it when these latest
incidents came to light.
High-Level French CP Official Talks With Ceausescu
Georges Marchais, a member of the French CP's Politburo,
talked with Rumanian party chief Ceausescu and ideologue 25X1
Niculescu-Mizil during his 12-15 January visit to Rumania. 25X1
The Marchais visit was at the request of the French party
according to Bucharest press media.
COMMENT: The talks probably centered on next month's
consultative meeting of Communist parties in Budapest to
which Bucharest has expressed indirect opposition. Prior
to last April's meeting of Communist parties in Karlovy Vary,
which the Rumanians boycotted, the French CP tried to persuade
Bucharest to attend. It would appear that the French are
trying the same tactic with respect to the Budapest conference.
Albanolog:ical Congress Opens in Tirana
The Second Congress of Albanological Studies, devoted lo
the 1500th Anniversary of the death of Albanian national hero
Skanderbeg, opened in Tirana on 11 January. Attending the
conference are academic delegations from France, Italy, Bul-
garia, Hungary, Germany, Rumania and from the Kosmet, the
predominantly Albanian autonomous province of Yugoslavia. 25X1
There are also representatives from various groups in the
U.A.R., Syria, Australia, Argentina, Turkey, Canada, Austria
COMMENT: Tirana has not yet turned the celebration into
an excuse to attack the West or blast "Soviet-revisionism".
In view of the attention being given the affair by the Albanian
news media, it is highly interesting that to date there is no
mention of a Chinese delegation in attendance. Moreover, tho
presence of a rather impressive delegation from the Kosmet--
including several journalists--may signal another positive
step by Tirana in response to Belgrade's recent proposals for
improved relations with Albania.
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East Germans Again Reject Bonn Offer On Postal Payments
The East German news agency ADN reported on 13 January
that "competent quarters" in the GDR had rejected the "brazen"
offer of West German Postal Minister Dollinger to pay 20
million Marks to the GDR for its postal services. Neues
Deutschland on 14 January characterized Dollinger'sbecember
1967 letter as "provocatory," and denounced him for linking 25X1
his "offer" with "impudent demands" that the GDR renounce its 25X1
entity of West Berlin."
COMMENT: The East German rejection of Bonn's offer was
expected. An ADN announcement on the 14th that the GDR 25X1
postal authorities had updated Bonn's bill--to over 985 million
Marks--indicates the East Germans will continue their all-
or-nothing dunning policy.
NOTE: THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ABOVE REPRESENT
ONLY THE ANALYSIS OF THE EE DIVISION
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