EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00864A001200020100-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 100
• Publication Date: July 21, 1972
• Content Type: STUDY

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SECRET 77
#137 EASTERN EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCER OCI #0938/72
21 July 1972
State Dept. review completed
A Soviet View of German Talks
The departing Soviet Counselor in East Berlin, B. P.
Khotulev, presented a US Mission officer with a "pessimis-
tic" view regarding the pace of the Bahr-Kohl talks. He
said that Kohl told him the East Germans had no interest
in making concessions to reach an agreement with Bonn at
this time because they were not convinced that the present
FRG government could complete action on the agreement be-
fore the forthcomming elections or that Brandt would be
returned to power.
The American Embassy in Bonn earlier reported that an "op-
timistic" view of the talks also exists. This analysis holds that:
(A) The GDR realizes that it would achieve-quicker inter-
national recognition and entry into the U.N. by not de-
laying the talks with the FRG (B) A negotiated treaty,
even if it were not ratified, would restrict any new go-
vernment and could help get him reelected by being forth-
coming on a treaty.
The reopening of the preliminary Bahr-Kohl discus-
sions on 2 August may show whether the pessimistic or op-
timistic view is correct.
Khotulev also said that the Soviets would answer "but
not immediately" the proposal given to Soviet Foreign Minis-
ter Gromyko on 3 June concerning the reaffirmation of Four
Power rights for Germany and Berlin, which in Allied eyes
must precede FRG and GDR entry into the UN. The Mission
considered that Khotulev took a more positive view on the
possibility for such negotiations than he had in the past,
but he indicated that the Soviets would "need to turn an
unwilling Gf5R around to accept such a reaffirmation." In
the talks to date Kohl has adamantly refused specific re-
affirmation of four power rights saying point 9 of the GDR 25X1
draft treaty,.which provides that prior treaties affecting
the GDR and the FRG will not be affected by the new trea
is sufficient.
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East Germans Dog UN Secretary General's Steps
East German Foreign Minister Otto Winzer arrived in
Moscow on 20 July for a "brief friendly visit." Winzer
probably hoped to meet again with UN Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim who is also in Moscow and to gain additional So- 25X1
viet backing for GDR membership in the UN. Waldheim heard
this message before during a two-hour meeting with Winter
in Geneva on 1 July. F7
Belgrade Student Trial Resumes
The trial of three University of Belgrade students,
charged with "criminal acts against the people and state,"
resumed yesterday. The defendants are accused of having
organized an "illegal group" and of having established
links with foreign students and unnamed groups hostile
toward Yugoslavia. The prosecution also claims that one
of three represented the "group" at the "International
Trotskyists Congress" in Essen last year. All are said
to have had illegal pamphlets and brochures on their per-
son when arrested.
Sentencing is expected Monday. This otherwise in-
significant trial is being given fairly prominent press
coverage as part of an apparent effort by the regime to
balance publicity surrounding the current trials of Cro- 25X1
atian nationalist students in Zagreb. Authorities are
anxious to demonstrate an across-the-board opposition to
Croatian Party Leader Applauds New Policy
The head of the Croatian party organization, Mrs.
Milka Planinc, wasted little time endorsing the federal
party's decision that each republic is to combat its own
unique form of nationalism 25X1
In an interview carried in e major Zagreb an Ljubljana
dailies, Mrs. Planinc announced a new program for her party.
Croatian energies will now be channelled toward the "posi-
tive" application of the constitutional reforms aimed at
weeding out breeding grounds for extreme nationalism.
She reaffirmed the right of all Yugoslav peoples. to
build and further develop their cultural and artistic
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heritage -- so long as it remains in harmony with the
interests of the working class. "Nationalism nevertheless
must not be allowed to breed mutual distrust or enmity,
otherwise it is not very far to the knives." Mrs. Planinc
then turned to the Croatian press, where she apparently
intends to take the initiative against nationalism, and
warned it to tone down "sensational reporting" from areas 25X1
of the republic still fighting nationalism, and concen-
trate on those districts where the victory has been won.
Consumer Protection In Yugoslavia
The Social-Health Chamber of the Yugoslav Federal
Assembly yesterday passed a ban on the advertising of
tobacco and alcoholic beverages. The vote was 70 to 12.
Some of the opposition were concerned -- not over the merits
of the bill -- but whether or not the Federal Assembly,
in the new decentralized system, has the right to pass
such an ordinance. They argued that a ban of this type
can only be declared by each of the republics and provinces.
Those in favor; insisted that the medical aspects of the
measure outweigh the constitutional considerations.
This debate is typical of what is going on in the
Yugoslav Parliament today. The National Assembly finds
itself operating in limbo, until the second set of con-
stitutional amendments are introduced later this year.
At that time, the Assembly's role, rights and privileges
NOTE: THE VIEWS EXPRESSED ABOVE REPRESENT
ONLY THE ANALYSIS OF THE EE BRANCH
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