EAST EUROPE BRANCH NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A001400010066-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2006
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: April 15, 1974
• Content Type: NOTES

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Hungarian 'Lea:ders'. V1sitt 'Pragte
The 10-12 April visit to Prague of the Hungarian party
and government delegation led by party boss Kadar and Premier
Fock resulted in no significant announcements. The two sides
expressed satisfaction with their close and friendly relations
and agreed on further cooperation in the economic, scientific-
technical, and. cultural sectors. They also pledged further
economic cooperation through CEMA. The two party leaders
(and the final communique) had some harsh words for the
Chinese, prompting Peking's. envoy to boycott a Hungarian
reception on April 11. in the past, the Chinese have been
notably tolerant of such Hungarian statements and have. con-
sidered them a Soviet-inspired ritual.
The communique called for the concluding phase of CSCE to
be held "in a short time at the highest level," and stated
that. conditions were becoming ripe for holding a.European
Communist Party meeting. In speeches, both Radar and Czecho-
slovak party boss Husak endorsed preparations for a world
Communist conference, but this idea was not carried over into
the communique.
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The We'acen.i'ng o,f, t, e' `C uhc`i , ,of, Kini.s'ter's
Last week's economic cadre conference :further indicated
the degree to which the newly created presidency has. diminished
the role of the. council. of The speech of. the. new
premier, Manea Manes:cu,. clearly suggested that the role of
the council is now restricted to ensuring that the ideas of
President Ceausescu are properly. carried .out. In fact, the
council is being relocated into the party headquarters
building where Ceausescu works. This clearly subordinate role
became more apparent on Saturday, when the Council met to
rubberstamp tasks supplied by the party and state leader.
Moreover, the Premier no longer rates the same protocol status.
In the press list of the conference participants, Ceausescu
came :first, followed by old-timer Bodnaras, after whom the
article listed the majority of the party executive committee
members in alphabetical order. Heretofore, the Premier has
HUNGARY
Scheel in Budapest
West German foreign ministry officials say that Budapest
gave Foreign Minister Scheel a ":somewhat more cool" reception
than Sofia had earlier, and attribute the. coolness to Hungarian
concern about Moscow's ever-watchful eye.
In discussions of international issues, Budapest. expressed
strong opposition to the West European integration process,
declared unacceptable the Western
goal of a common ceiling as
the basis for force reductions, and pushed hard for the inclusion
of indigenous forces in the initial phase of reductions.. Once
again, Budapest said Hungary could be part of force r.e.ducti.oxxs
only if Italy were included. The Hungarians also pressed hard
for FRG acquiescence to a high-level'. summit to. cap .the European
security process, In the. communique, the Hungarians. unsu.c,cess-
fully sought some tough language on Vietnam and the Middle East,
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O bilateral, ratters, the two sides ag,xeed tee kat vet y..to
1x1stit'utiona7,ize deputy .fo.xeign' minister .a~. talcs that had
begun, in 1972 and scheduled two inis:terial-. eve . ezcbanges
for sometime before the end of the, year. The also negotiated
four agreements dealing with trade, transport, ?ech~io.Logy,
and culture. In addition, Budapest broached the a;ssue o
Low-interest German credits, and raised, in an apparent
pro forma manner, the issues of further.compens.ation for
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