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ROMANIA: New Regime Under Fire
Spontaneous anti-Communist protests ycsterday forced the National
Salvation Front (FSN) to make significant concessions; it apparently
has failed to win legitimacy and will probably encounter increasing
opposition. Provisional President Iliescu yielded to the demands of
the protesters and announced the immediate outlawing of the
Communist Pans' and a referendum on 28 January on the death
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USSR: Baltic Nationalists Press Ahead
Baltic nationalists and republic party sympathizers in Lithuania and
Estonia are testing the limits of President Gorbacher's reform campaign
and moving to institutionalize republic sovereignty. By putting into
place daring reform programs and cutting organizational ties to
Moscow, they hope to establish de facto independence as a prelude to a
push for outright separation. Moscow will not allow the Baltic republics
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA: The Next Domino
Czechoslovakia's hardline regime has been badly shaken by
developments in East Germany and Bulgaria, and its demise is probably
only a matter of time and circumstance.
There is evidence that the ruling elite is demoralized.
part 3 General Sccrctary Jakes tried to tender his resignation last
Wednesday at a secret presidium meeting convened to discuss East
German developments.
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YUGOSLAVIA: Party Endorses End to Political Munopoly
A Yugoslav Communist party Central Committee plenum preparing
for a national party congress next month has approved draft stands
that would eliminate the party's political moncpoly, lift restrictions
on political activity, and allow direct secret ballot elections. The
plenum stopped short of advocating a multiparty system. probably
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EASTERN EUROPE: Pressing Soviet Troop Withdrawals
Moscow is trying to delay Hungarian and Czechoslovak demands that
it withdraw its forces quickly. The Soviets are arguing that rapid
pullout will overwhelm their rail system and cause serious problems
in housing and employing the withdrawn troops. Budapest wants the
withdrawal completed by 1 March 1991, seven months before the
Soviet proposal
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USSR: Baltic Parties Pressing Ahead
Lasr month's Central Committee broadside against Baltic nationalism
and the prospect of the coming nationalities plenum have not deterred
the Baltic republics' parties from pursuing an independent course even
though all three have renounced secession.
Since the Central Committee's sharp attack, the Latvian and
Estonian parties have submittcd draft party programs that advocate
greater republic party autonomy from Moscow, although neither draft
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USSR: Potential for Unrest Growing in Moldavia
The influence of events in Romania and the Baltic region and the
explosive issue of possible reunification with Romania are making
Moldavia a growing concern for Soviet leaders. During the past
six months, the Moldavian Popular Front has used a series of
demonstrations to push for greater political and economic autonomy,
official status for the Moldavian language, and more open political
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USSR: Baltic Republics Move Toward Economic Autonomy
The Supreme Soviet yesterday gave the Baltic republics the green
light to shift to self-financing in January. ahead of other regions. It
also endorsed in principle the Lithuanian and Estonian draft laws
on economic autonomy and set up a commission to prepare revised
verslons by October. The debate was sharp, and sonic top leaders�
including Politburo member Vorotnikov and State Planning
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East European GNP grew about 1.6 percent in real terms last year and
probably will grow only slightly more this year. Major improvements in
economic performance would require ecanonsk,eIo_rnt and austerity
policies that would risk social instability.
Economic- growth in the region has improved front the 1987 rate
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USSR: Baltic Republics Gain Limited Economic Autonomy.
Although a law adopted by the Supreme So % jet last week gives
the three Baltic republics considerable economic freedom. Moscow
retains key levers of economic control. The law does not give those
republics the exclusive ownership of their laid and natural resources
they had demanded, keeps kcy sectors of thc economy and some
industrial enterprises under Moscow's control. and continues to bind
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