I envision this fund as a lasting beacon to reformers of the Eastern bloc. the promise of a reward for their struggles. Prodemocracy. proreform movements in Hungary. and nascent groups in Czechoslovakia. the German Democratic Republic. Bulgaria. and even Romania ought to be able to point to a Western guarantee of economic aid as they achieve significant reforms of their obsolete political systems. That guarantee would take the form of larger Western aid packages in return for greater democratic reforms. For years refugees of the Eastern bloc have run to the economic miracle of the West. Given the opportunity. recently over 13.000 East Germans rushed to the Federal Republic. Asked why they fled their homeland. they cited economic stagnation.
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