41. Estonia's market reforms put it among the economic leaders in the former COMECON area. 42. Albania was unofficially excluded ( by not being invited ) from both the Warsaw Pact and Comecon . 43. Still, all of the Comecon countries gained some stability, and the governments gained some legitimacy, 44. They served to develop " direct links between appropriate bodies and organizations of Comecon member countries ." 45. Thus, neither Comecon nor the Soviet Union as a major force within Comecon had supranational authority. 46. Thus, neither Comecon nor the Soviet Union as a major force within Comecon had supranational authority. 47. Hence in 1975, at Soviet instigation, the system of intra-Comecon pricing was reformed. 48. By 1987, Comecon 's Comprehensive Program, adopted in 1971, had undergone considerable change. 49. In the 1970s and 1980s, assistance from Comecon had been directed toward export-oriented industries. 50. Comecon itself might adopt decisions only on organizational and procedural matters pertaining to itself and its organs.
