in interesting sidelight on how last/West trade, by partially integrat— ing the economies of the workers' states with those of the capitalist world market, creates problems for the workers' states is given in an item which appoored in the Financial Times ~~
“Czechoslovakia is to cut her motor-cycle production, The Jawa rotor cycle plant in Prague will be turned into a semi-conductor factory and the cycles will be made only at Brodce in Central Hohomia. The C.4. make will coase to be produced. Production in future of the Jawa types will total about 35,000 a year, a quantity that can be sold on the home market, Total Caech production of motor<cycles and scooters combined will be 111,00C - 120,000, The decision to cut motor-cycle output reflects the falling off of Gzechoslovakis's exports to customers in both Bast and West. As an official statement puts it, “in the capitalist countries people tend to prefer cars and the production of motor-cycles and scooters in the socialist countries hes increased to such an extent that they are able to meet the demands of thoir home markets in this respect."