NSC BRIEFING NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000400030027-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: November 20, 1954
• Content Type: BRIEF

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A T Z t 1 $ i $AFi A
*
and BONO state elections SWOubw
$ellgt in education
#.
IN tow**
goveraaout sea als
of displaced
e arsrs r1
y ssstsiond A&onauor on foreign
t increases In the
ificant e:
to obtain representation in e
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'aign t"i !
than in the 1953 anti
t war and
nab le
did 1*8s well
1950.
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The composition of the Sum1ourst
gover use) will
not be affected to the detriment of
glec tions :
A. The
have established a c
position in Taria. It now probable
that the coalition government of the Christian Democrats
time until 195$.
the other parti,
drat i+
opposition
coalition the
slight gam and the Tree
h of Its camps
Attacks on Adouavwr*s foreign po
at in mare ease mainly from the Socialists
eats bad Informally agreed to play down
issues divid
I lves from** Chris
in order to campaign more effectively again
I Democrats lost their previo
voting
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enough in Boose to iacreane the possibility of over
1.
2. A
chat government there,
y combination,,
SocAalists a
44 plus 7 s its a 51 out of total of 9d sento)
was Was r
Refugee Party coopeera
eanpaign
04 with the
has. nxsro
he tndtag
pressured by its national organization Into
a Christian Drr*tic.-Fre* 9ecratic
**alit:
Berlin e1
npected to
a stable coalition of the Christian Desocra
rats.
r nter in September 1953 ended the
t Christian Democrats, Socialists
a. uMeb had headed since 1945.
:d be a
could
AW"r Wa l their Brett iher ,
toed of Christian
, has been
2. The aialists von
since Macomber 1953.
* In the 8
election the Social brats are
zpscteed to intain their position as the largest
e
with the eooperatt
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rt in WoOt Berlin but will probably' tot rein the
which they lent in 1950.
rltt
t~-
? 8oetaliste have a trsdtioaally ,11disctpli
1.
d labor
*ei$*tt0'n; they are back by orgsniae
+....- awn
rt for
S.
in ilten
ao tva
tter "Mae* 'Play a .0" 3 1r ant ro
to poite
doing q#iet doer-to-door
a l i t ics now that the period of
Is block
4. islist leader Otte *sbr h s
the Christian 9s ratig.. ci list
established.
C. The Christian BeaaOCT*tO
t*. c4.1iwiblY 0
lition is
1,880 eloctisn.
Prograosive
ban s moderately
1. *ayor Waltbor Ift6r*
14,a
.
at iO*, have beea- filar in West r
ire~rFaimtihle be iar of the coalition Pre*
era to win
AA rrattc party will probablY enable the Christi"
atS are
t to
See of ebtaint1w
for
most Berlin G.ratsa Pas
sight..V . radtoal sns
in the
a
of the
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Vouse of *eprant *t i vos .
job
r five Per,
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It has recently become more ope
tats at its meetings involving mistreatment
Nazi in its behavior.
officials have evoked a reaolu.
ties of censure from the Berlin use of
*dspreaestatives.
4. 11 the German Party should obtain representation,
It could be of considerable nuisance value and
a target for Soviet and ant, German propaga
on art gerlis's government.
.list Unity Party, under the direction of the
mists, is not expected to obtain
any representation in the 1
Ily little difference bet "en the foreign
policy positions of moderate elements of
the Christian Democratic Part
leaders of both parties are reportedly looki
a, and
to the establishment of aoint coalition for the next
four years.
g
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