WATCHING THE WORLD TWINS SUFFER AFTER 'VELVET DIVORCE'

With David Knott from London The split of Czechoslovakia into two republics at the end of last year went so smoothly it became known as the velvet divorce. But divorce always hurts someone, if not the main parties. Transgas is a major gas pipeline running from Velke Kapusany at the Ukraine border to Hora St. Kateriny and Waidhaus on the German border. Before the divorce, it was operated by a single company, part of the state gas concern.