"The emergence of China, India and the former Communist-bloc countries implies that the greater part of the earth's population is now engaged, at least potentially, in the global economy," Mr. Bernanke said.

The head of the International Olympic Committee said yesterday that he was certain Communist-bloc countries would ignore any call by North Korea to boycott the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul.

Sports were terribly important to them, as they were to many of the Communist-bloc countries, since success at running and throwing and jumping would prove to the world just how superior their political system was.

At the end of the 1980's, Cuba was counting on Communist-bloc countries for 85 percent of its imports and sending them 81 percent of its exports.

Given the stunning political changes that have swept Bulgaria and other Communist-bloc countries, the museum seemed a natural place to find out whether satire and caprice have kept pace.

There was no air of tension, and perhaps by the recent standards of other Communist-bloc countries it could not be considered a significant protest.

By the recent standards of other Communist-bloc countries, they are hardly overwhelming, either in their numbers or their daring.

Members are powerful political and economic figures, left and right extremists from Western and Communist-bloc countries who are determined to foil the new American President's detente efforts.

Espionage systems were greatly expanded after World War II as the cold war rivalry intensified between the Western powers and the Communist-bloc countries.

Region V: Communist-bloc countries.