EAST EUROPE BRANCH NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A001400010100-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2005
• Sequence Number: 100
• Publication Date: February 19, 1974
• Content Type: NOTES

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#16 EAST EUROPE BRANCH NOTES February 19, 1974
HUNGARY
Foreign Minister on European Security
During a weekend trip to Austria, Foreign Minister Puja
openly hoped that the third stage of the European Security
conference would open in the summer. He again rejected those
aspects of "freer movement" that are incompatible with the
"sovereignty of states" and suggested that the "human contacts"
issue might be more easily settled through bilateral agreements
between individual countries. This reference may signal the
latest Soviet tactic to squelch the freer movement issue.
Puja's trip to Vienna illustrates the special care
Hungary devotes to its ties with Austria. Despite earlier
indications, the two sides did not agree, however, on
establishing visa-free travel between the two countries,
supposedly because of Budapest's sparse tourist facilities.
Premier Fock is slated to visit Austria in early May.
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BULGARIA
Pop Music Impresario Arrested
Genko Genov, a leading organizer of popular music per-
formances by Western artists and director of the annual Golden
Orpheus Pop Music Festival, was reportedly arrested at the
Sofia airport on February 12 upon arrival from abroad. The
police also reportedly searched Genov's apartment and closed
the offices of Golden Orpheus for investigation.
The charges against Genov are not known, but he has
probably engaged in the illegal accumulation of hard currency.
Many Bulgars who travel frequently in the West have tried to
reap personal profit from their travels, and authorities in
Sofia have uncovered a number of these embezzlers in the past
years. Genov's luck also appears to have run out. Known as
a wheeler-dealer, he has often boasted to Western diplomats
that "his friends in high places" would protect him.
The arrest of a prominent figure, especially in a public
place, will assuredly get top billing on the Sofia grape vine.
Genov's arrest is, however, not expected to halt efforts by
well-placed Bulgarians to try to hoard hard currencies.
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