[PEN-L:6159] Imperialist strategy for "reconstructing" the Balkans

[Gregory Schwartz <grishas@xxxxxxxx>]

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANS BALKAN RECONSTRUCTION STRATEGY.
Representatives of seven international agencies and 33
countries met in Washington on 27 April to discuss ways of
meeting the immediate financial needs of and developing long-
term reconstruction plans for Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Macedonia, and Romania. The heads of the World Bank
and IMF chaired the session, AP reported. Participants
concluded that the international community is likely to
underestimate the needs of the countries most affected by the
conflict and that the international community should
constantly review those estimates. In Athens, several
government ministers appealed to Greek businessmen to take an
active part in postwar regional reconstruction efforts. PM