SOVIET UNION EASTERN EUROPE

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2001
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• Publication Date: January 6, 1975
• Content Type: NOTES

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Soviet Union
Eastern Europe
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Handle via COMINT Channels January 6, 1975
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SOVIET UNION - EASTERN EUROPE
This publication is prepared for regional specialists in the Washington com-
munity by the USSR - Eastern Europe Division, Office of Current Intel-
ligence, with occasional contributions from other offices within the
Directorate of Intelligence. Comments and queries are welcome. They should
be directed to the authors of the individual articles.
January 6, 1975
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Relations with Portugal
Portuguese Foreign Minister Soares' recent
visit to the USSR is another indication of Moscdw's
interest in establishing closer ties to Portugal.
It was the first visit by a high-level Portuguese
official since Communist leader Cunhal made a min-
isterial visit to Moscow in October--and the first
time a Portuguese foreign minister had visited there
since the Bolshevik revolution. Gromyko accepted
an invitation for a reciprocal trip to Portugal,
but no date was set.
At a dinner for the visiting foreign minister,
Grommyko said the Soviets wanted to expand and
strengthen bilateral relations, and, predictably,
praised Portuguese decolonization in Africa. In
a statement released at the end of the visit, the
Portuguese endorsed the Soviet call for an early
end to the European Security Conference and for
holding its concluding stage at the summit level.
Nothing was said publicly on sensitive subjects
such as Portugal's domestic politics, its role in
NATO, or the US base in the Azores.
Although no new undertakings were announced
during the Soares soiree, several bilateral agree-
ments had been reached before the trip. A trade
agreement concluded on December 19 included most-
favored-nation status for each country and provided
for the establishment of reciprocal trade missions
in Moscow and Lisbon. A shipping agreement signed
December 20 stressed the development of direct
shipping links and increasing shipments in one
another's carriers. An air agreement of December
11 had provided for direct flights between the two
countries.
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These agreements are similar to those that the
Soviets have with many other Western countries.
They indicate that while Moscow wants to improve
relations with Portugal, it is moving cautiously
to avoid arousing suspicions in other Western nations
or among anti-Communist domestic forces. The Soviets
have stopped well short of making an explicit or
implicit commitment in the agreement to the present
Lisbon government or to giving it any significant
economic assistance. Economic aid was raised by
Cunhal in October without eliciting a positive
Soviet response, and the evidence suggests that
Soares did not make any great headway if indeed he
raised the issue at all. (CONFIDENTIAL)
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