NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY

(b)(1) (b)(3) AIX APPROVED FOR RELEASED DATE: 09-01-2009 CPAS N!D 90-143JX I Liberia: Economy Grinding to a Halt Sri Lanka: Fighting Widespread Philippines: Economy Compounds Political Problems EC: Pursuing Political Reform, Not Union USSR: Gorbachev Defends Compromise Party Platform President Gorbachev is using the Russian Republic party conference to defend the CPSU's compromise platform in the hope of isolating those who support the alternative programs of the left and right wings. In his...