EAST EUROPE BRANCH NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A001400010051-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2005
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: May 8, 1974
• Content Type: NOTES

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#64 EAST EUROPE BRANCH NOTES OCI# 0575/74
May 8, 1974
Ceausescu-Zhivkov Meeting Planned
According to Foreign Minister Macovescu, party/state
leader Ceausescu will meet with his Bulgarian counterpart
Todor Zhivkov later this month. Their last bilateral meeting
occurred in September 1972, when Ceausescu visited Sofia.
This year's meeting, however reportedly will take place on
the border, symbolizing the correct relations between the two
countries. If past practice holds true, they will meet
alternately at the Romanian city of Giurgiu and the Bulgarian
city of Ruse. One probable topic for discussion is the forth-
coming visit of Tito to Romania. In addition, Zhivkov, who
has just returned from a visit to Moscow, may be bringing
Soviet advice to Ceausescu concerning an international
communist conference which the Romanians continue to oppose.
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The Wayward Can Return to the Ranks
An article in the party newspaper, Rude Pravo, on May
4 deals with the question "How should we live?" The
question is asked frequently by those who lost their jobs
because they were supporters of Dubcek. The columnist
notes that their lives have changed in every respect as they
make a new start. He claims, however, that not everyone
"who placed himself outside the ranks" has remained
helpless and stationary. Some have changed their (political)
course and found their niche. Others waited, expecting that
"everything would be as it used to be."
The columnist points out, however, that five years have
passed and "there is not the least hope that something could
change" with respect to the general lines of development.
He does not find this outlook upsetting, but concludes that
nobody needs to starve in the socialist system if he works
honestly and "adheres to the principles of coexistence."
This column may reflect a regime desire to rehabilitate more
of the professionals who were ousted.F_
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