Immediate Consequences of the Formation of an East German Government

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-01617A000700250002-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: October 7, 1949
• Content Type: IM

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a oude Bch woulA further aggra is East-!est re tine ps in tbQ
e is no reason to believe, hon r, that the formation of
an east O ror ent will have az lmport t effect an a 1.s ti. g
of `idal and unofficial r lationdAps present] ' e .et betwecn Gtoma
in both areas.
T1w AESR will attempt to use the east German g z nt as a
meaw s tg the attractim of the Vest man pubUc as a
focal point of German des see fu unit- r, to enbaws the appeal of
*wt Oerum state, the IESR will probabl,v r to give it the appearoe
of z e than the West has given to the west Geri stato,
rf the SR e e in ? ngt nin ,ts position in "MM WO it
znep u1ti t r mat an official proposal that taps be vttb xa o
Approved For Release : CIA-RDP78-01617A000700250002-2