EAST EUROPE BRANCH NOTES

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2006
• Sequence Number: 102
• Publication Date: February 14, 1974
• Content Type: NOTES

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EAST EUROPE B. TCH NOTES 14 Feb, 19-74
'Qadhafi and 'Ce'ause`s'cu B'is'a'gr:ee,' But, ;Ami'cab'1
The US Embassy in Tripoli reports that talks between
Ceausescu and his Libyan host produced," expected disagreements
on some Middle East issues Judging by the tone of speeches
and press ballyhoo, it nevertheless appears that this first
visit by an East European Leader to Libya is well:buffered
by amicable verbiage. Two differences that have come to
light are Ceauses:cu's forceful support for the disengagement
of the Middle East combatants and Qadhafi's statement that
Romania should stop helping Soviet Jews to emigrate to Israel.
Neither side has publicly broached the sensitive issue of a
threatened Arab boycott against Romanian exports.
An interesting sidelight of the visit is the presence
in Ceauses.cu's retinue of Romania!s foreign intelligence
chief, Nicolae Doicaru. Doicaru is listed as "presidential
counsellor" in official announcements. This is a new post
for him and could, if it is not just a temporary cover,
indicate that he has joined Ce.au,sescu'sCouncil of State Staff.
The latter is a body that is somewhat similar to the US NSC,
and Ceausescu appears increasingly to rely on it both o
advice and problem-solvin
EAST GERMANY
Another Meeting with the French
Party First Secretary Ho.necker had a chance to talk over
political affairs on Monday with George Ma.rchais, Secretary
General of the French Communist Party. They considered that
the recent Brussels conference of West European Communist
parties had strengthened the world Communist movement. They
also agreed that the time was ripe for a new conference of
the Communist parties throughout Europe and stressed that
parties would do everything they could.to make such: confer-
ence succeed
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C Z'E:C.HO ST4V,AKIA
Reoen'ng off' `'V'ati'c:a,n pesi'ed
Prague. has been pressing the. Vatican .for a re:suntption
of the bilateral talks broken off last spring, but the
Vatican is not :rushing. to accept the invitation, 'Prague is
eager to have the suffragan dioceses of .Kosice and.Rozn.ava
.detached from their metropolitan see at Esz.tergom, iungary.
The bulk of the Archdiocese of Eszter.com-..some 460 parishes-
falls within Slovakia, while only 60-70 parishes are in
H
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ungary. Cardinal Mindszenty always opposed the rational-
ization of church boundaries, but now that he is out of the
picture the Holy See is presumably willing to make the change.
POLAND
The Poor 'Little 'Rich, Couxit'ry
With a touch of pride, Polish authorities. have period-
ically been reminding their countrymen: that the nation is
well-primed to weather an ecological crisis, at least insofar
as underground resources are concerned. The official news
service PAP on 13 February, for example, quotes the government's
chief geologist to the effect that Poland ranks third in the
world in terms of solid mineral output per square kilometer of
land. If the common man does not dwell on the small print
in the geological survey, i.e. that crude oil and quality iron
ore deposits are negligible, then he cannot help but consider
his country's future bright. It is doubtful, though, that this
logic will distract many Poles from the current realities of
HUNGARY
Budapest 'Hosts' Exp'e'xt!-L'eve1' :E ,'exgy Co'n'ference
Representatives :of scientific-.technical associations in
the Warsaw Pact countries and-France attended a conference on
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on the problems oe "industrial. energy, e.coriomy" in : udapest
on February 7 14 , A Hungarian' EnOish-language press release
said that the increased emphasis on "energy economy" had made
it advisable to hold energy conferences more freguently than
in the past. The statement claimed that the normal practice
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