(dating back to conception) that secrecy In response to this gripe GMB general Juan Vidarte insists that the director to announce only approved policy has been reporters' the plans, and hopes that some opens abate ollce tho Stil, discoveres made by the press during past two years are justifiably of concern, such the disclosure that the agreed upon $50 mil. lion acquisitions budget had soared from to over due to the peseta's devaluation Public ire was also raised n the hush hush dismissal of the acquisitions Mari Carmen light (Basque cultural commissioner Garmendia was called into parliament to explain) Anothet brouhaha when newspapers eye-popping figures for GMB's long-awaited estimated of opera- budget for 1997.2000, The shorter firt year pesetas SI33 million); tions came in at 1.75 billion of years at over2billion cial and regional govemments luare conutitted to pay of these sums, to