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USSR: Baltic Nationalists Press Ahead
This weekend's Lithuanian and Estonian elections are likelj to
reinforce the Baltic republics' push for independence.
Leaders of Sajudis. the Lithuanian nationalist umbrella organization,
expect their candidates to win a
comfortable majority of the 141 scats in tomorrow's election to the
republic's Supreme Soviet. A recent republic poll, however, indicates
that the Lithuanian Communist Party (LCP) has risen substantially in
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GERNIANYS: Betrothed, No Date Set
East Germany's political and economic vulnerabilities will make it
increasingly dependent on West Germany over the next several years.
This will lead, at a minimum, to common economic policies and
probably to much closer coordination on a broad range of other issues,
including security policy. Outright de jure reunification will be a more
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GERMANYS: Strengthening Party-tu-Party Ties
More and more H'est German political parties are competing to shape
the May elections in East Germany. which in turn will hare a major
effect on the li'est German Bundestag race in December.
The West German Social Democrats recently set up joint whey and
election committees with their East German counterpart
The East German SPD's first national congress last
weekend changed the party name to match the West German party's
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USSR: Estonians Call for Independence Negotiations
In a meeting yesterday, Estonia's local and national legislators called
for negotiations with the USSR Supreme Soviet to establish Estonian
independence and appealed to the UN and to CSCE member nations
for support. The unofficial group formed a negotiating commission
and drew roughly 90 percent of Estonia's more than 4,300 legislators,
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HUNGARY: Leadership Proposes Sweeping Reforms
The liungarian Politburo this week made several decisions that.
if adopted by the Central C'ommittee nest month. will reduce the
party's ability to control the political and economic systems. The
Politburo voted to give up party control of appointments to
important nonparty posts, including government ministries. The
leaders also decided to shift the !bens of the party's local activities
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BULGARIA: Talks With Opposition Announced
Communist Party leaders yesterday agreed to open roundtable talks
with dissident groups next week as 10.000 peoole ignored warnings
and demonstrated against the regime. The National Assembly closed
yesterday after voting unanimously to name Petur NIladenov
Commander in Chief of the armed forces to replace ousted leader
Zhivkor. It also promised action next month to repeal the
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HUNGARY: Discussing the Possibility of Neutrality
General Secretary Gorbachev's recent qualified endorsement of
Ifungary.'s decision to introduce a multiparty system will stimulate the
discussion o Hun arian neutrality already evident in official circles in
Budapest.
\Hungary wants a relationship
with the USSR similar to that of Finland�friendly but outside the
Warsaw l'act amci economically integrated with Western Europe.
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EAST GERMANY: Election Mandate for Near-Term Unification
� The impressive victory of the center-right Alliance for Germany in
yesterday's election will probably give German unification efforts
greater momentum, reduce one potential obstacle to NATO membership
for Germany., and improve the standing of Chancellor Kohl's Christian
Democrats in all-German elections.
Provisional final returns indicate the Alliance for Germany�
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EAST GERMANY: Government Falls, Plenum Opens
The resignation of the entire gorernment yeste:Way and East German
leader Krenz's anticipated purge of additional hardliners at a Central
Committee plenum opening today probably will not stop the
demonstrations or mass emigration to the Irot that are undermining
Krenc's position.
Cabinet Resigns
Initial reactions were negative to the announcement that the cabinet
had resigned and the legislature would soon convene, perhaps as early
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BULGARIA: Protests Accelerating Reform
Delay in the National Assembly is intensifying public pressure to
accelerate the reform process.
In postponing the vote on the article guaranteeing the Communist
Party's leading role, the legislature cited a constitutional requirement
to submit such measures a month in advance. The decision brought
more than 20.000 people to the parliament building. shouting. "We
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