Karel Holbik, Boston Univ. Boston, MA

   "Past and the Future of Czech-German Coexistence and Cooperation"

Marek Pavka, Military Academy, Brno, Czech Republic

   "Cadre Policy of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia:

    An Attempt of Creating New Elites in Years 1948-1953"

Milada Polisenska, Prague

   "Influence of Communism on Foreign Service:

    Case of Czechoslovak Embassy in Moscow, 1945-1953"

Jaroslava Moserova, Senate, Parliament of Czech Republic, Prague

   "Those Who Left, Those Who Stayed Behind"

Carmen Mayerova, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

   "Myth of Democracy"

Ivo Feierabend, Sand Diego State University, San Diego, CA

   "The Fate of the Czechoslovak and Finnish Democracies:

    A Comparative Perspective"

Radomir V. Luza, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

   "Civic Society and Former Communist State Security Apparatus

   - Can They Coexist?"