EAST EUROPE BRANCH NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A001400010064-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2005
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: April 18, 1974
• Content Type: NOTES

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Assembly suggests. that he will lope his position when the
new government is se.jec:t.ed next- .month, The new constitgtion
prohibits a member of tile assembly froze.c6ncurKeptly. holdiig
a cab;.net post.
Banovic has held his' current office since .1971, and he
thus may be. due for rotation. In the absence of, his
nomination to any other important party or state position
his election .to the Federal Assembly would represent a
demotion. We have seen no dissatisfaction expressed with
his performance. Belgrade is, however, beefing up its
security apparatus and may not view Banovic as adequate
for the 'ob.
ROMANIA
Ceausescu Meets Brezh:nev 'in Warsaw
According to a Tass release, Ceausescu met today with
Brezhnev for a."comradely" discussion on bilateral relations.
If past meetings are any indication, the discussion was
probably long, substantive and somewhat acrimonious. Moscow's
displeasure over Bucharest's independent Mideast policy,
differences over the force reduction talks, and Bucharest's
increasingly public opposition to the drive to convene a
World Communist conference are just a few of the problems
which may have been discussed. Perhaps in anticipation of
rough sledding in Warsaw, a number of Romanian fora have
recently heaped appreciation on Ceause.scu's "correct" domestic
and foreign policies. -
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