He was the principal author of the 1980 Presidential transition report on intelligence.

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In its transition report, the EBRD said that economic growth was steady in the region - but warned that reforms like privatisation and budget restraint were under threat in Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.

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"It has not been an easy transition, " says a report by Andy Xie, regional economist at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

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