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Subject: RFE/RL Daily Report 15 SEP, 1992 (long)
Date: 15 Sep 92 16:33:16 GMT
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                      RFE/RL Daily Report

                                         No. 177, 15 September 1992


                   SUCCESSOR STATES TO THE USSR

WARNINGS OF HYPERINFLATION IN RUSSIA. Somewhat belatedly, top
Russian officials have been warning of the very real possibility of
hyperinflation. President Yeltsin told regional officials in
Cheboksary on 11 September that supporters of cheap credits and
unrealistic social programs are pushing Russia into the abysss of
hyperinflation, according to Reuter. Evgenii Yasin warned on the
same day that hyperinflation had not yet arrived but that it was
closer than ever before, Biznes-TASS reported. And Sergei Vasiliev,
in an interview with The New York Times of 15 September, laid the
blame for looming hyperinflation squarely on the acting chairman of
the Russian Central Bank, Viktor Gerashchenko. (Keith Bush)

PLAUSIBILITY OF WARNINGS.  The generally accepted definition of
hyperinflation is a rise in prices of 50% or more a month. This can
well happen in October, in the opinion of Anders Aslund,quoted in
the same New York Times article, "and once you hit hyperinflation,
it destroys most economic institutions." Indeed,the imminent
increase in the controlled wholesale prices of energy-carriers will
cause a substantial leap in the overall price index. But, as the
article suggests, these warnings are probably aimed primarily at
creating a sense of emergency and at organizing public pressure on
the parliament, the Congress of People's Deputies, and the Russian
Central Bank to act more responsibly. (Keith Bush)

ABKHAZ UPDATE.  On 14 September ITAR-TASS summarized a statement by
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Georgii Khizhaexpressing concern at
ongoing clashes in Abkhazia. Khizha particularly condemned the use
of aircraft and heavy artillery against the civilian population and
instances of widespread looting and roery. A session of the Abkhaz
parliament convened by Georgian deputies and planned for 14
September failed to take place. Speaking on Georgian Radio, State
Council chairman Eduard Shevardnadze said that hisdecision to send
troops to Abkhazia in August was precipitated by an unspecified
"conspiracy" against the Georgian people, details of which he
undertook to make public at a UN session in New York on 2425
September. (Liz Fuller)

RUSSIA TO RECEIVE MORE US FOOD AID. The Department of Agriculture
announced in Washington that the US is makinganother $1.15 billion
in loans available to Russia for foodimports this winter, according
to Western news agencies. Most of the aid, $900 million, is in the
form of loan guarantees for creditors providing import financing.
The Los Angeles Times on 15 September said that the Yeltsin
government had lobbiedWashington to approve the food aid early,
before winter got underway. Last year Russia began urgently
appealing for Western assistance only after the winter's food
supply crisis hadalready developed.  Since the beginning of 1991,
the US has reportedly provided Russia with $5.75 billion in food
credit. (Erik Whitlock)

KHASBULATOV ON POSSIBILITY OF CONFEDERATION.  Russian parliamentary
speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov said during his trip to Kyrgyzstan that
he believes the establishment of an interparliamentary assembly of
CIS states, which will become official at the summit of CIS state
leaders in Bishtek on 25 September, is the beginning of the
creation of a new confederation of former Soviet republics. The
assembly is scheduled to become an independently operating
organization with the right to dispute decisions made by the
leaders of CIS states.  Interfax quoted Khasbulatov as saying that
Ukraine's absence in no way affects the work of the
interparliamentary assembly because Ukraine will join the assembly
at a later stage. (Alexander Rahr)

"DEMOCRATIC RUSSIA" PREPARED TO FIGHT. The Coordinating Council of
the "Democratic Russia" movement has issued an appeal to the
Russian people to fight attempts by the old nomenklatura forces to
halt privatization and reform, DR-Press reported on 11 September.
The St.  Petersburg regional section of the Democratic Party of
Russia decided to support "Democratic Russia" and to distance
itself from the central leadership of the Democratic Party of
Russia, headed by Nikolai Travkin, which had formed a coalition
with the Civic Union.  Meanwhile, the leadership of the Civic Union
decided to join a nationwide campaign for the organization of a
referendum on private ownership of land. (Alexander Rahr)

RUSSIA ASSURES US ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. U.S.  State Department
spokesman Richard Boucher on 14 September said that Russia had
given assurances that it would end "all aspects" of its biological
warfare program.  Western press accounts of his statement indicated
that the pledge had been given during talks between American and
Russian representatives in Moscow on 1011 September. Boucher said
that on-site inspections were among the measures agreed by both
sides. Last month American and British government sources expressed
doubts that the Russian program had been terminated despite
President Yeltsin's earlier order banning the production of
biological weapons. (Doug Clarke)

RUSSIANS BALK AT SOME CONVENTIONAL ARMS INSPECTIONS.  Richard
Boucher said on 11 September that Russia had refused allied arms
inspectors access to parts of some military facilities inspected
during August and September under the terms of the Conventional
Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. That treaty became legally binding
on the signatories on 17 July 1992. According to Western agency
reports, Boucher acknowledged that the treaty was a complex one and
that problems during its implementation were "probably inevitable."
He indicated that the Russians had barred inspectors from entering
some storage, administrative, and other facilities in garrisons
said to be housing military equipment limited by the treaty. (Doug
Clarke)

GORBACHEV TO ATTEND SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS. Mikhail
Gorbachev will attend the next Socialist International as a guest
of honor, "Vesti" reported on September 14. (The Congress is
scheduled to open today in Berlin.) About 70 parties from various
states of the world have applied for membership and are waiting for
their application to be reviewed at the Congress, "Vesti" noted.
The list includes a number of Russian political parties, among them
the Social Democratic Party of Russia, which includes a number of
prominent politicians, such as Oleg Rumyantsev, the author of the
official draft of the new Russian Constitution and an ardent
Gorbachev critic. (Julia Wishnevsky)

SUPREME SOVIET TO RECONSIDER DEFENSE LAW. The chairman of the
Russian Supreme Soviet Committee on Legislation, Mikhail Mityukov,
told ITAR-TASS on 14 September that the "law on defense" will be
considered once again by the parliament at its upcoming session.
On 10 August, Yeltsin refused to sign the law, which had been
approved by the Supreme Soviet on 26 June, because, among other
reasons, it limited his authority to appoint the defense minister.
Mityukov said that members of his committee supported Yeltsin's
proposal that the President be granted sole authority to name the
defense minister, the chief of the General Staff, and the
commanders of all service brancheswithout the approval of the
Supreme Sovietand that the President himself should submit for
approval to the Supreme Soviet plans for the composition,
structure, and strength of the Russian armed forces and its
leadership. (Stephen Foye).

KOBETS NAMED TO NEW POST. Army General Konstantin Kobets has been
named chief military inspector of the Russian armed forces by Boris
Yeltsin, Interfax reported on 14 September. Kobets, 53, was a
deputy chief of the USSR General Staff (for communications), and
his role in organizing the defense of the Russian government
building during the failed August coup catapulted him into a
leading role in the post-coup Soviet and Russian armed forces.  He
subsequently served as chief (and then chairman) of the RSFSR State
Committee for Defense and Security, as a military advisor to
Yeltsin, and as a Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Commission
for the Creation of a Russian Defense Ministry.  It is unclear what
powers he will exercise as chief military inspector. (Stephen Foye)

STATE OF RUSSIAN TANK FORCES. The chief of Russian armored forces,
Col.  Gen. Aleksandr Galkin, said in Krasnaya zvezda on 12
September that the most modern machinesT-726's and
T-80'sconstituted only 25% of the current total Russian tank fleet.
He nevertheless expressed optimism that design work in tank
production was moving ahead at an acceptable pace, and that the
value of the tank forces would not be underestimated during the
creation of a new, highly mobile and professional Russian army.
Galkin's remarks were summarized by ITAR-TASS on 12 September.
(Stephen Foye)

"SOVIET PEOPLE"A REALITY? Researchers at the Institute of General
Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences claim that the "Soviet
people," long the mainstay of the Brezhnev-Suslov nationalities
policy, really exist.  The researchers say that their studies show
that "the Soviet people"a concept despised by many former Soviet
citizens and seen by many as a cover for Russification policiesis
not an artificial ploy and that there is a single genetic code for
the "Soviet people." Consequently, they argue, today's "dispersion
in national apartments," that is, the independence of the former
republics, is "only a temporary historical-geographical
fluctuation." The report was cited by Arkadii Volsky, President of
the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, interviewed
in Pravda of 9 September, in support of his argument that empires
like the Russian and the Soviet ones do not disappear "without
leaving a trace." Volsky stressed, however, his realization of the
fact that "the restoration of the Soviet Union at present is
excluded." (Roman Solchanyk)

KRAVCHUK MEETS WITH OPPOSITION. Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk
met with leaders of the Ukrainian Republican Party and other
parties grouped around "Rukh" and the "New Ukraine" coalition,
Ukrainian television reported on 11 September.  The participants
discussed topics such as the formation of a transition reform
government, cadres policy, and shortcomings of the new draft
constitution.  According to the report, inspite of differences of
opinion, those taking part were satisfied with the open and
constructive nature of the discussion. (Roman Solchanyk)

UKRAINIAN "CIVIC FRONT" A conference of the social and political
organization "Civic Front of Ukraine" was held in Zhytomir on 12
September, DR-Press reported on 13 September. The purpose of the
conference was to form an "anti-communist bloc in Ukraine." Three
main issues were discussed: the economic situation, resignation of
the government, and the fate of President Leonid Kravchuk.  Among
the participants were opposition leaders Vyacheslav Chornovil and
Stepan Khmara.  (Roman Solchanyk)

TAJIKISTAN REPORTED QUIET.  ITAR-TASS reported on 14 September that
fighting had stopped in Kurgan-Tyube Oblast the previous day, and
the country appeared to be returning to normal. The joint
delegation of government officials which was credited with stopping
the fighting in Kurgan-Tyube had reportedly gone on to Kulyab
Oblast, from which armed groups supporting President Rakhmon Nabiev
had attacked the town of Kurgan-Tyube. Nabiev was forced out of
office last week, but his supporters had continued to fight.
According to Acting Prime Minister Djamshed Karimov, the commission
was offering to end a blockade of Kulyab to allow the import of
food if the armed groups in the region would stop fighting. (Bess
Brown)

MORE ON TAJIKISTAN. In an interview with ITAR-TASS on 14 September,
Acting Premier Djamshed Karimov denied that Nabiev's resignation
was causing a government crisis in Tajikistan, because no structure
of government had been affected. Apparently an opposition proposal
to abolish the presidency and create a state council has been
rejected by the government, which prefers to stick with the current
constitutional structure for the present.  Karimov would like to
see a revised agreement with Russia signedthis was the issue that
led to Nabiev's downfall, as the opposition believed the agreement
would license Russian interference in Tajik affairs. (Bess Brown)

CSCE DELEGATION IN MOLDOVA. A fact-finding team sent by the
Chairman of the CSCE Committee of Senior Officials, and comprised
of three Polish diplomats, completed on 11 September a week-long
visit to Moldova.  The team's leader, Daniel Adam Rotfeld,
currently the Director of the Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute (SIPRI), told journalists that, in the team's
assessment, the Dniester conflict was "a political, not an
interethnic conflict," Moldovapres reported.  That assessment
coincides with that of Chisinau and contradicts the position of
Tiraspol and its Russian nationalist supporters, who maintain that
the conflict results from ethnic discrimination by Moldova against
left-bank Russians. The fact-finding team will report its
conclusions within a week to the Committee of Senior Officials,
which will then devise a mechanism for CSCE assistance in settling
the conflict. (Vladimir Socor)

ROMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON "LACK OF SIGNALS" FROM MOLDOVA.
Interviewed in the Bucharest daily Meridian of 13 September, as
cited by TASS, Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Nastase told
domestic critics that the question of Romanian-Moldovan unification
should be resolved by and in Moldova, but nevertheless regretted
that "we do not receive any signals from there." He added that
Romania must strive for "including Moldova in its sphere of
influence," preventing it from "falling under the influence of
other countries" if unification does not take place. (Vladimir
Socor)

                    CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

COURT RULES PRUNSKIENE COLLABORATED WITH KGB.  On 14 September
after three months of hearings, the Lithuanian Supreme Court ruled
that former Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene had consciously
cooperated with the KGB, the RFE/RL Lithuanian Service reports.
The ruling was based on information supplied by the parliament
commission investigating KGB activities, including her pledge to
cooperate signed on 8 June 1980.  The court noted that Prunskiene
did not present evidence disproving the commission's documents. The
parliament is empowered to suspend her as a deputy and schedule a
vote of confidence in her district, but is unlikely to do so since
new Seimas elections will he held on 25 October and Prunskiene had
announced several months ago that she will not run again. (Saulius
Girnius)

HEAVY SHELLING OF SARAJEVO. On 14 September the BBC said that
Serbian artillery subjected the Bosnian capital to some of the
worst shelling of the war. The 15 September Washington Post quoted
UN personnel as saying that this showed that the Serbs had not
revealed all their big guns to UN monitors and that both sides seem
to be fighting a conventional war for strategic advantage before
winter arrived in October.  Serbian aircraft apparently based at
Banja Luka dropped cluster bombs on Bihac, and fired air-to-ground
missiles as well on 14 September.  Western news agencies also
quoted UN sources as saying that the Serbs heavily shelled
Gradacac, Brcko, and Bosanski Brod. Meanwhile in Croatia, the 13
September Novi vjesnik gave extensive coverage to the second
anniversary of Croatian antiterrorist units. (Patrick Moore)

UN TO INCREASE ROLE IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA.  On 14 September the
Security Council voted to send up to 6,000 more troops to protect
humanitarian efforts in the troubled republic in addition to the
1,500 UN forces already there.  The BBC on 15 September said that
the vote was 120-3, with China, India, and Zimbabwe abstaining.
Canada, Britain, and France will contribute and pay for the bulk of
the new land forces, while the US will offer air and sea support.
Washington, London, and Paris failed to agree in time on the
modalities of a no-fly zone for Bosnia, so no decision was reached
on that issue. UN spokesmen have sa&id that Serbian aircraft shadow
UN relief flights to Sarajevo to minimize chances of being shot at
by Bosnian or Croatian forces. (Patrick Moore)

PANIC IN MOSCOW AND BEIJING. On 13 September Milan Panic, the prime
minister of the rump Yugoslavia, began a three-day visit to Moscow
and Beijing.  Panic is seeking support from both countries in order
to prevent a possible vote on expulsion by the UN Security Council
later this month.  In Moscow Panic met with Deputy Foreign Minister
Boris Kolokolov, who told ITAR-TASS that Panic gave him the
impression that his government "really is trying to resolve the
conflict." In Beijing Premier Li Peng said that all former Yugoslav
republics and the rump Yugoslavia "should have their own place
within the United Nations and other international organizations,"
stressing that "Yugoslavia's expulsion would have serious
consequences for all." But the Chinese leader did not explicitly
say whether China will support the rump Yugoslavia's claim to a UN
seat. Li Peng also said China is concerned over the worsening
situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina and expressed deep sympathy with
the people there.  Panic also requested from the Chinese
"humanitarian aid with oil." Xinhua and Radio Serbia carried the
report. (Milan Andrejevich)

CRISIS CONTINUES IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA.  A team of CSCE experts
arrived in Skopje on 11 September to determine whether monitors
ought to be posted to the Macedonian-Serbian border in an effort to
check the possible expansion of the wars of Yugoslav succession. It
is not clear whether the observers would be military or civilian,
but the head of the mission, Robert Frowick, an American, noted
that posting observers would "demonstrate the support of the
international community for the territorial integrity of . . .
Macedonia," Reuters and BTA report. The border between the Republic
of Macedonia and the predominantly Albanian Kosovo region of Serbia
is especially volatile. In a related story, other Western agencies
report that the Republic of Macedonia's only oil refinery was shut
down on 12 September because 70,000 tons of crude oil were blocked
at the port of Thessaloniki, apparently as part of ongoing Greek
pressure to force the new republic to drop the word "Macedonia"
from its official name.  (Duncan Perry)

BULGARIA'S EXILED KING SEEKS A COMEBACK. Simeon II, who departed
Bulgaria at the age of 6 following the onset of communism, said in
a Madrid interview on 14 September that a return of the monarchy is
in Bulgaria's best interest. He noted that the legislature could
create a grand national assembly and restore himwithout the need of
a popular referendum. The former king is a businessman in Spain,
where he lives with his family.  He has been low-key about pressing
for his return to Bulgaria in order to give the legislature and the
population time to consider the prospect. Simeon has a following in
Bulgaria and a monarchist political party exists; however, he does
not seem to have majority popular support and certainly does not
have the support of a majority in the parliament. Simeon is married
to a wealthy Spaniard and has five children, none of whom speaks
Bulgarian. (Duncan Perry)

GANEV ASSUMES UNGA PRESIDENCY. Bulgarian Foreign Minister Stoyan
Ganev was elected president of the UN General Assembly and takes
over that post officially on 15 September, Bulgarian and Western
sources note.  Ganev has energetically pursued a policy of
integrating Bulgaria with Western countries and has succeeded in
drawing Bulgaria closer to Europe; it joined the Council of Europe
during his tenure in the Foreign Ministry. Ganev is 37 years old, a
lawyer by training, and speaks Russian and English.  (Duncan Perry)

CZECH PREMIER LEAVES FOR UNITED STATES. Czech Prime Minister Vaclav
Klaus left on 14 September for a five-day visit to the United
States.  Klaus is scheduled to speak at a conference of the
American Association of Economists in Dallas and at the World
Congress of Economic Development in Washington organized by the CNN
TV network. Before his departure, Klaus told CSTK that he is
scheduled to meet with White House Chief of Staff James Baker,
National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, and Acting Secretary of
State Lawrence Eagleburger. He will also hold talks with officials
of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. (Jiri Pehe)

ILIESCU MEETS POPE.  Romanian President Ion Iliescu was received on
14 September by Pope John Paul II at his summer residence Castel
Gandolfo. Radio Bucharest, which described the private interview as
a "tete-a-tete," noted that Iliescu is the first foreign official
to see the pope after his surgery in mid-July.  John Paul expressed
hopes that Romania will completely restore democracy and religious
freedom and that relations between the Vatican and Romania will
further develop.  Iliescu later met in Rome with Italian president
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, with whom he discussed mutual ties and
prospects for Romania's association with the EC.  Rome was the last
leg on Iliescu's three-day visit to Spain and Italy. (Dan Ionescu)

ROMANIA'S RUMP COMMUNIST PARTY BACKS ILIESCU.  A spokesman for
Romania's reborn communist party, the Socialist Labor Party,
announced at a press conference on 14 September that his party has
decided to support incumbent president Ion Iliescu in the 27
September presidential race.  Reuters quoted the spokesman as
saying that his party "will not field its own presidential
candidate in order to preserve the unity of the left wing." In a
press statement the SLP praised Iliescu for alleged "tolerance and
transparency" during his term in office, saying he tried "to defuse
tension and conflicts and strengthen the role of democratic
bodies." Iliescu, a former communist, was a high-ranking party
official before falling out of favor with late dictator Nicolae
Ceausescu in 1971. (Dan Ionescu)

ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION WITH THE EC. On 14 September a Romanian
delegation began a new round of negotiations in Brussels on
association with the European Community. In an interview with Radio
Bucharest, delegation leader Napoleon Pop said that the two-day
talks will focus on the text of some 10 articles (out of a
124-points association agreement) dealing with Romanian exports of
agricultural products, iron and steel, and textiles to EC
countries. (Dan Ionescu)

FSM STRIKE ENDS.  After 55 days, the strike at the FSM auto plant
in Tychy appears to have ended. Strikers announced an "indefinite
pause" at 4:00 a.m. on 15 September, and a final decision is
expected later in the day. Agreement was reached through the
mediation of Katowice archbishop Damian Zimon, who stepped in at
the strikers' request but only after securing the consent of the
FSM management. Zimon said he told the exhausted strikers that they
had to reach agreement because "this strike is different from those
in past years." After further talks on 15 September, the archbishop
is to hold a mass dedicated to reconciliation at FSM. Citing
unofficial sources, Polish TV reported that the strikers abandoned
all wage demands in return for management's reversal of its firing
of some 400 strike activists. FSM's weakened financial condition
may impede the startup of new production. (Louisa Vinton)

WARSAW SOLIDARITY HOLDS PROTEST MARCH. Several thousand members of
Solidarity's radical Mazowsze region marched through Warsaw on 14
September.  The protesters said their aim was to pressure the
government and the parliament into providing an economic program
satisfactory to workers.  The Mazowsze region's firebrand leader,
Maciej Jankowski, threatened a general strike as a last resort that
would determine whether "the elites will send us packing or we will
send the elites packing." Other demonstrators claimed that this
would be the "last peaceful demonstration" by unionists in Warsaw
and shouted, "We want facts, not pacts" and "No more thieving
privatization." (Louisa Vinton)

HUNGARIANS GET COMPENSATION FOR COMMUNIST SEIZURES. The head of the
national compensation office, Tamas Sepsey, told MTI that his
agency has ruled on 202,340 claims for compensation for property
seized by the communist regime and has paid out some 9.5 billion
forint.  He reported that only 130,000 of the 830,000 applicants
for compensation wish to use the compensation vouchers to buy land;
during the first two weeks of land auctions 86 people received
land. Sepsey said that Hungarians living abroad are also eligible
for compensation but most of them do not know about the
opportunity.  He promised to provide more information about
compensation through Hungarian embassies. (Edith Oltay)

ESTONIAN SUPREME COUNCIL HOLDS LAST SESSION.  The body met for the
last time on 14 September.  According to an RFE/RL Estonian Service
report, the final session featured speeches by Speaker Ulo Nugis
and Chairman Arnold Ruutel, and lasted a total of 20 minutes. The
Supreme Council (formerly Supreme Soviet) has been in existence
since Soviet annexation in 1940.  The new State Assembly will be
elected on 20 September. (Riina Kionka)

LANDSBERGIS NOT TO RUN IN SINGLE DISTRICT.  On 13 September, during
his weekly television speech, Lithuanian Parliament Chairman
Vytautas Landsbergis said that he will not be a candidate for the
Seimas in a single voting district, but rather will head the
general list of candidates of the Sajudis coalition, Radio
Lithuania reports.  He also noted that he will be a candidate for
president. Democratic Labor Party Chairman Algirdas Brazauskas, who
is probably the most significant challenger to Landsbergis, will
head his party's general list and run again as a candidate from the
Kaisiadorys voting district. (Saulius Girnius)

USSR PASSPORTS STILL ISSUED IN LATVIA. At a time when Latvians are
exchanging their Soviet passports for the new Latvian passports,
USSR passports for travel abroad are still being issued by a
department of Latvia's Ministry of Internal Affairs.  Antons
Baltacis, head of the ministry's Department for Visas and
Registration of Foreigners, told Diena on 11 September that his
department would continue to issue and extend the validity of the
red USSR passports until the Russian government revokes them. He
added that when Latvia adopts a law on citizenship
non-ethnic-Latvian residents will have to obtain new passports from
whatever country provided the old ones. (Dzintra Bungs)

UNEMPLOYMENT UP IN ESTONIA . . . Estonia's unemployment rate crept
up to about 0.5% as of 1 September. Some 7,500 people in Estonia
are currently jobless, up about 16% from last month, BNS reports.
Northeastern Estonia and Tartu had the highest unemployment rates,
but only 56 people are officially seeking employment in Tallinn.
(Riina Kionka)

 . . AND IN HUNGARY. According to preliminary figures just
released by the Ministry of Labor, the number of unemployed at the
end of August was 601,000, or 11.1% of the work force, MTI reports.
This is a slight increase over July, when 10.9% of the work force
was unemployed.  The growth rate slowed, however: in August some
14,000 new unemployed were registered, compared to 40,000 in July.
The ministry is particularly concerned about the high number of
unemployed among young people starting their careers52,000and the
20% unemployment rate in Szabolcs-Szatmar-Bereg County.  (Edith
Oltay)

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