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P~GE ~2 ~TATE 19910• 
WE WON'T SE ABLE TO CHANGE TH;..M SO l.ONG AS V 1 ET ;~AM~ CONT'I NUES A~D sp ~ONG AS CZECHOSLOV~KJA CONTi~U~S T~ ~RQVlDE A§~lST~N~ET9 N• VlE!NAMt 
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN CZ~CHOSLOVAKIA HAS NOT YET SHAKE~ o6WN• THE FUTURE Is ·uNCERTAl!'i1 w1rH THE. sovtETS oav1ousL.Y MANEUVE~ING TO SUSTAIN CONSERVATIVE F6RCE~ iN.CZECHOS~OVAKlA AND TU KEEP THE DANGEROUS Ll8£.RAL .MOVEMENT JNDER CON[ROLe . ~IVEN. THIS SITU~TION, PLUS-THE ~ACK OF EXIM-F~ClLiTiES1 i W~U~D CONSlDE~. THE POSSIBll..ITY OF us PRIVATE FINANCIAL H~LP· TO CZECH~S~OVA~lA EXTREMEl.. Y DOUBTFUL.• I BRO/ I MF" LOANS. ARE OUT. of': THE QUf.;ST 1ON UNTIL CZECHOSLOVAKIA ONCE AGAIN BEEOM~S A-MiM~ER O~ T8ESE INSTITUTIONS ANO THE TIMING OF THIS EVE~T IS CLOUDY AT THE 
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NEVERTHELESS1 WE HAVE MADE SOME PRoGRES$ AN~ A ~ HOP~FU~ OF DOING-MORE• ON JUNE-25 WE REMOVED CZ~CHOSLJ~AK'A ~RPM TREASUR~ Cl CULAR ~55 LISTING WHJCA PRQHIBITEo"s5CIA~I SECUR~TV~ VETE~A s AND 0 THE R U 6 E NE F I T PAYMENTS T 0' RES I DE~rr i 0 F CZECH 06l. 0 ti AK 11 A • AS SPON AS lNDlVlOUAL CLAiMS c;AN .. Bf. VE.RIFlEOi. PA;tMENfl' ·aF. US B NEF~TS TE TU1ATED AT ABOUT $!5 MIL\IQN I~ ACCRUED. ANQ ­
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MO 0 ER1 WE HAVE DEVELOP 0 A NEW APP 0ACH TO T~E U tCZ CH OLD/. LAIMS I SUE WHiCH W~ AR~ CLEA-ING-A O~NO TOWN A~O WITH THE 
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