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- WORLD, Page 57World NotesEAST-WESTCashing In On Promises
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- Though many Western leaders have generously praised the
- reforms taking place in Poland and Hungary, they have been
- relatively stingy in offering any material encouragement. Now,
- however, the words may be matched by an ample infusion of cash.
- Last week the European Community proposed that 24 non-Communist
- industrialized countries, including its own twelve members, send
- $648 million in aid to Warsaw and Budapest next year.
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- That figure is in addition to the $252 million in food and
- economic assistance to both countries pledged earlier by
- President George Bush. Last week, addressing the annual meeting
- of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, Bush declared
- that "we must do more." In the case of Poland, the
- Administration is planning to increase its assistance program.
- Though the White House offered few details about what it called
- a "new package of support" for Poland, aides hinted that a
- half-billion dollars' worth of credits and loans would be
- announced this week. Officials said it would be channeled
- through agencies, like the IMF, that monitor its effects on the
- recipient's economy.
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