Eastern European and Soviet Department: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA)

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (C.M.E.A.). The documents cover discussions at the thirty-sixth session of the C.M.E.A. Council, covering the supply of energy and raw materials, specialisation and cooperation in the production of machinery, and increasing industrial capacity in the petrochemical and machine-building sectors. Other documents in the file cover sessions of the planning committee and the executive committee; rumours of a planned summit; press articles on C.M.E.A. integration and the coordination of economic policies among member states; discussions with Eastern European officials on developments within the C.M.E.A.; and plans by Vietnam to send indentured labour to C.M.E.A. countries. The file also includes a report examining the supply of iron ore in Eastern European C.M.E.A. countries; and a report on the economic reforms of C.M.E.A. countries, examining the countries' economic problems, their reform strategies, their politico-economic conflicts, and the reforms' potential for success.