EASTERNOLAND: Economic Assistance
Several Boot European countries have increased shipments of food ana^maumer goods to Poland oinae tha imposition of martial
Czechoslovakia reportedly agreed to provide food to Poland during Deputy Premier Madel's visit tolast month.J
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export to the West. Late last month,onference to maintain some additionalthrough June.
The countries also plan to assist the Poles in other *ays. There are reports, for example, that Prague has givenew soft curroncy loan. The East European regimes suspect they will have to accept below-plan PoUshdeliveries while fulfilling their own commitments.
The assistance is aggravating economic problems in Eastern Europe. In some countries, it also isanti-Polish sentiments.
Comment: Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Hungary probably have each shipped goods worth at0 million since martial law was declared. Bulgaria evidently has sent less, and Romania hasalmost no aid.
An accurate total accounting may never be possible. The East European regimes do not announce nil deliveries, and there is considerable confusion about whether the shipments represent grants, above-plan sales, or advance deliveries of previously contracted goods.
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