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:Approved For Release 2002/05/07: CIA-RDP80T00702A001000040008-8 25X1A ONE ARTICLE FROM OER'S ECONO~+IC INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY REVIEW ENDING 1S DECEMBER 1978. REQUEST ARTICLE BE PASSEG TO AMBASSADOR, DCM, ECONOMIC SECTION AND OTHER WORKING LEVEL STATE OFFICERS.. USSR; IMPRDVED TRADE BALANCE (U) 1. THE USSR MANAGED TO HOLD DOWN ITS THIRD QUARTER HARD CURRENCY TRADE DEFICIT TO 54D0 MILLION BY BOASTING EXPORTS WHILE REDUCING BOTH GRAIN AND NONGRAIN IMPORTS. WE EXP#CT THIS TREND TD CONTINUE, PUTTING TRADE ROUGHLY IN BALA-~CE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THE 1978 HARD CURRENCY TRADE DEFICIT WOULD THUS EQUaL…