Word: bulgaria
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...Berlin Wall was built in 1961, the number of East German escapes to the West has been cut by more than half, and the figure keeps dropping almost every month. The rest of Eastern Europe cannot boast the same success. Last year escapes from Yugoslavia, Rumania, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Albania rose more than 20%, and so far this year they are up another...
...Khrushchev was wont to boast that the Soviet economy would surpass that of the U.S. by 1970. His successors have been far more realistic. A recent Kremlin report suggests that instead of being on the verge of world championship, the Soviet Union's populace barely managed to surpass Bulgaria in 1963 in per-capita purchasing power. In fact, by Moscow's own admission, four Comecon countries -East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland-enjoyed higher standards of living than Russia itself three years...
...other categories, the Soviet Union fared slightly better; Russia ranked third after East Germany and Czechoslovakia in per-capita industrial output. But in agricultural standings, Russia ended up in fifth place behind Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and East Germany...
...would encourage German encroachment on the Oder-Neisse line. Only Hungary's Janos Kadar could profit from the removal of the four or five Russian divisions still in his country: they serve as a constant reminder of Moscow's brutal role in repressing the 1956 Hungarian revolt. Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia, like Rumania, house no Russian troops...
...Members: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Rumania and Russia. Albania is still a nominal member, though since 1960 it has sided with Red China and no longer attends Warsaw Pact meetings...