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FSU
THE ECONOMY
ANNEX A
1.
HIGHER
Significant developments in the following areas:
a. Plans for, and progress with, economic reform including positions of both CIS and State leaderships and tensions between them. Social consequences, particularly unemployment. Economic tensions within Russia. Economic relations between the FSU successor states.
b.
Economic plans and performance (especially with regard to the budget, investment, financial system); agriculture, food processing and supply; medical supplies. Contribution of defence industries, including military exports, to the civil economy; impact of defence cuts.
c.
d.
Defence expenditure.
Privatisation of large state enterprises.
e. External trade and finance (especially the hard currency position) including policy on Western/international economic and financial organisations and institutions.
£. Economic relations with East European countries.
9. Chemical industry, especially in the context of civil/ military use of equipment and products.
h. Gold reserves and gold production.
i.
j.
Scientific brain drain.
Signs of halting conversion or achieving new markets for arms exports.
aw.
k.
Precious metals and stones (base metals remain low
priority).
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