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EASTERN EUROPE THE ECONOMY
ANNEX C
CATEGORY I.
Significant developments in:
a. Plans for, and progress with economic reform.
b.
Economic plans and performance (especially with regard to the budget, investment, financial system, agriculture, energy, chemical industry, contribution of defence industries to the civil economy).
c.
Defence expenditure.
a. External trade and finance, especially debt.
e.
CMEA (especially high level meeting, reform, reorganisation, internal disputes, relations with EC and other international political and financial organisations).
CATEGORY II. (In all cases guidance on details needed is to
be given by customer departments.)
General developments in the above and in addition those aspects listed below:
a.
Economic aspects of environmental issues.
(1)
(2)
Metals industries.
(3) Impact of reforms;
(4)
austerity.
Economic relations between CMEA members and attitude towards reforms in other CMEA countries.
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