WEST GERMANY LOOKING EASTWARD FOR YEARS, THE WEST GERMAN GOVERNMENT HAS NURSED 
A CERTAIN LONGING FOR CLOSER TIES WITH NEIGHBORING EASTERN EUROPE, IN 
PART BECAUSE MOSCOW'S UNDERDEVELOPED SATELLITES WOULD BE A JUICY MARKET FOR 
BONN'S HEAVY INDUSTRIAL GOODS . BUT COMMUNIST POLAND, FOR ONE, KEPT 
INSISTING ON A MAJOR POLITICAL SURRENDER BEFORE ANY DEAL WAS SIGNED 
: FULL DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION OF WLADYSLAW GOMULKA'S POLISH REGIME, AND ACCEPTANCE 
OF POLAND'S ODERNEISSE WESTERN FRONTIER, WHICH INCLUDES A BIG CHUNK OF 
PRE-WORLD WAR II GERMANY . WITH 14 MILLION ANGRY REFUGEES FROM 
THE EAST ADDED TO ITS POPULATION SINCE THE WAR, THE BONN 
GOVERNMENT COULD HARDLY SWALLOW THAT KIND OF PROPOSITION . LAST WEEK, 
AFTER THREE MONTHS OF DELICATE NEGOTIATIONS IN WARSAW, POLAND AT LAST 
DROPPED ITS TOUGH DEMANDS, AND THE TWO SIDES SIGNED THEIR FIRST 
LONG-TERM TRADE AGREEMENT, A THREE-YEAR, $650 MILLION PACT EXCHANGING WEST GERMAN 
MACHINERY AND METALS FOR POLISH MEAT, FRUIT AND DAIRY PRODUCTS . 
WEST GERMANY WILL SEND A PERMANENT TRADE MISSION TO WARSAW, ITS 
FIRST PERMANENT OUTPOST IN A SOVIET SATELLITE LAND . BONN OFFICIALS 
CLEARLY FEEL THE WAY IS OPEN FOR SIMILAR DEALS WITH HUNGARY 
AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA . 