EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A001200020070-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2006
• Sequence Number: 70
• Publication Date: September 7, 1972
• Content Type: STUDY

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#168 EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER
Sept. 1972
Olszowski to Bonn
The announcement that Polish Foreign Minister Olszowski
will visit Bonn on 13-14 September is certain to prompt
renewed speculation on Warsaw's intentions to establish
diplomatic relations with West Germany. The Poles originally
said that Olszowski would not make the visit until after
official relations were established. A Polish trade mission
representative in Bonn suggested in late August that an
exchange of embassies would be announced on September 10 or
11; that the two embassies would be headed by the respective
trade mission chiefs now resident in Cologne and Warsaw; and
that the appointment of ambassadors would follow "eventually."
A German trade mission representative in Warsaw, however,
pointing out that Poland has been foot-dragging on the issue
in recent weeks, thinks that relations will be established
during Olszowski's visit, since the Poles "did not seem
disposed to do anything before then."
At any rate, everyone seems agreed that the two countries
are on the verge of "establishing relations," though possibly
on paper only. Bilateral problems remain unsettled, and an
exchange of ambassadors may take months, or even years. The
Poles have been under some pressure from their socialist
neighbors to stall on the relations issue until East Germany
and Czechoslovakia normalize their relations with West Germany.
Talks between Olszowski and his German counterparts may
not be totally successful, The Germans apparently are anxious
to hammer out settlements to many of the issues still con-
fronting the two countries--e.g., identification and resettle-
ment of Poland's ethnic Germans in West Germany and compen-
sation for victims of war crimes. Warsaw hopes, however,
that the talks will focus instead on larger East-West issues,
including an exchange of views on CSCE and MBFR. While the much-
discussed, on-again-off-again, visit may finally materialize
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Bulgarian-Yugoslav Visits Indicate A Warming Trend In Relations
Talks on 31 August in Skopje between Bulgarian Secretariat
member Ivan Abadzhiev and high-ranking Macedonian party leaders
are the latest evidence of improving bilateral ties, and
more specifically of. the extent to which Bulgaria has modified
its attitude toward terra irridenta of Macedonia. Abadzhiev's
presence in Macedonia is de facto Bulgarian recognition of
the existence of the Mace nia4 ns, something Sofia has stead-
fastly refused to do until now.
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Concurrent with Abadzhiev's visit, Yugoslav Federal
Secretary for Foreign Trade Muhamed.Hadzic began his three
day visit to Sofia where he met Todor Zhivkov. Both parties
appeared eager to expand and develop inter-governmental and
inter-party relations.
The overlapping visits illustrate an upswing in relations
that have been cool since the Czechoslovak crisis. Bulgarian-
Yugoslav relations began to improve in September 1971 following
Brezhnev's visit to Belgrade and a later stopover in Sofia,
where he apparently asked the Bulgarians to tone down their
North Koreans Exhibit Bad Taste At Zagreb Fair
The annual fall Zagreb Fair opens today. The fair
management has informally told US officials in the Croatian
capital that the North Koreans Xwho are exhibiting for the
first time) are causing a problem because of the propaganda
content of their display--presumedly it is anti-US. Last year,
the Chinese pavillion had to be closed when Peking refused
to remove anti-US and anti-Soviet material. Fair regulations
prohibit unfriendly propaganda and should Pyongyang refuse to
remove such material from its showing, the exhibit will
Yugoslavs To Build Soviet Resort Hotels
Empassy Belgrade reports press stories to the effect
that Yugoslav construction firms will build two resort hotels
along the Black Sea. Bids will be submitted'on 15 September
for the construction of a 2,740 bed hotel at Yalta, and next
spring plans should be firmed up for a 2,5000 bed hotel at
Sochi. The contracts will include other projects which are a
part of the hotel complexes.
The possibility that Yugoslavia might construct such
hotels was mentioned during last April's meeting of the
Yugoslav-Soviet mixed committee for economic cooperation.
The subject, however, had not been mentioned again until it
broke in the press. Moscow's decision to employ the Yugoslavs
appears to reflect its forthcoming attitude. in economic relations
with the Yugoslavs, as well as a desire to capitalize on the
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expertise already developed by the Yugoslav tourist industry
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