In yet another indication of Gorbachev's true intentions with respect to structural economic reform, his new economic adviser, Oleg Ozherelev, urged in a 27 March interview with the Financial Times the reimposition of central control over all supplycontracts between the state and enterprises, rejected radical privatization plans and called for a further slowing down of the transition to a market economy.
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