SOVIET AND SATELLITE RADIO REACTIONS TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLAY'S ANTI-TOTALITARIAN INFORMATION PROGRAM

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• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
• Content Type: REPORT

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Sovlot and %aatellit:a radio reaction to Ciey,,o announcement of can n.a:i.:.voteJ.it&t^;eu
iafo;mation policy has foilored four wain lineaa
(1) ldentificatifyu of the now policy w)th fe.ccism, and comeoquently iith dengor
root only to th,; (1ommt mict Party bu.: w&oo to ;111 other "progr?meGive oroae:ifation3,"
(2) P1ayinE up a118taard iolationi cf civil righ-~-a by Clay17 oLtnong sjhi.rh lu the csein
th&t Elliott Roosevelt, n boot: keno b-sob. 'P bgunod,c"
(x) Describi1 the etfp az an effort to mri-a the dlemaiwbao'mant of Germany "more
palatable,
(4) Miscellaneous donuactaticn of America z(sue popsy. ,the failure to carry ou?,
land reform, entruoting inch etry to rGearmau war. criminalo?11 and tho late.
The mount of comment riafa coneiderablo at f'irut,, but emaszatard from Pdoscow and thr,
Soviet :none in Gaarnern?' (with no monitored comments by other satellite radica),, and the
volume declined after 3 faverabaar,.
a) "SaoE s of Ocebbele? Tieuon The co;nnariaou of Ciayn o campaign with that of
Goebbele is said to brave t o aoraale2 that there ;.e a dancer to ell. 11,progreeeivo" elamefat:u;
and that ther?s9 Is a danger to world peace:. Undor Qoeb'tale "one caeuooratlc right ?ter
anot;aer was dmotrayod? and the Cowuuunio:,,, Social D oorat3.cj, trade unions, eoopersti're,,
and youth or3auizatieno were eriped out, and 11 c~aservastive? 1iberaal, and other bourgeoi a
parties end a+aooe1atione wore d1oeolvado-I And in tho end there van war? The ruinn and
the empty Sunday dinner tables provided the aSlnHca+sr,." "Germmny is at ota a--our
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fAtherlend which we do not wish to are again in f anoiet bander ae there'f ore s:tv calmly-
to those aho once more wish to subject our people to anti-Commun7,st agitation reoulting
in another catastrophe3 Me what you feel oompelled to do, but do not rejoice too
enriyll' (quotat;ion free M=6 DF.UTSCRLATW, broadcast by the USSR-controlled Berlin
radio, 8 November, 1947)
b.. Cler MBens" Xlliott Roosevelt, But Not Pornogranhyc Instead of proc.laimin th-
allegedly "democratic" character of Communism and dnfondiug it in terms of its claimed
non-totalltarleu attributes, the Soviet rpdio attempts to blacken American policy by
reports of American actions which Moscow interprets as repressive and anti-democratic.
Attention 1% called to the "banninL' of the Cultural Loagv.e in the U.S. sector of Berlin
,only one day after Gen. Clay made hi3 statement," Clay is identified with the loyalty
tests in Wanhingtpn, "ST do not intend to keep any of the personnel that does not spree
with the United States M(i opinions and that is against the views on which mtlttrry
government i.: baoed,~ declared Gan. Clay. It is obvious that Gan. Clay has Just returned
from the United States, where the so-called rloyalty test# of all civil servants is
being carried out'. in all haste.w There ie'an ironic referee o to Clay9o intereeP in art;
the way,. Gen. Clay has shown nioeelf as a patron of the scieacao, literature, end
art.. He permits, ;for inetance, in the zone entrusted to him, the circulation of' U,.S,
pornographic literature? but Elliott Roooeveltva book and othe n are banned."* (Moscor.,,
in German, 3 Roveeber)
There is also a reference to 7ranklin A. Roosevelt, ac if to invoke his name in
opposition to all forms of ?"faeciem" including that attributed to Gen. Clny% "From the
point of view of atrengtheniag the democratic forces in Germany and establishing a
peaceful :nd democratic Germany, which was the aim of Rooeeveltra policy, the policy
-hich is being followed today in the U,S, zone is coup]!l,4ly incomprehensible?"
(commentary by Heins Sc-"vidt, Director of %he USSR-controlled Berlin Radio, 2 November
1947)
(The *bovo quotation illustrates a genisral characteristic of Soviet propacande,
*Moscow does not give any bpckground for the interpretation that %lliott flooeoveltc0
book bra been "banned." It should be noted, however, that similar interpretations have
previously been made when a; particular book was not includbd on the acceislon list of the
American inforai}etion service or when American aid wan not Eiven to havitg:it translated.
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glitch is relevant to the Soviet-cov ted role of representing "demaci~i y." It is not
arguer! that the Soviet Union to democratic.. 77o reference whatoverl i~ made to the queetio)
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of the extent of civil rights in the USSR or itn satellites? Atte ti is wimply eon,
centroted on the real or alleged undemocratic practices of the ante 71 and words are
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manipulated in Ouch awe, as to suR
st that the iden-ificstion of Sovi?ct Un.?.on
with democracy ii cn'spletely self-e idoat. "rrom the point of view 6traagtheniag;
the democratic forces of Germany ...:ithe policy which to being follo~h (by the U.S?)
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c) A 5eat~-Lerman State Made "Palstable" by the ".Anti-Bolaheviet Bo "s Clc-cn
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coming London Conference, by do ari,bing it as a way of Justifying divio:lon of Oermsny
r4ferencen to the "wsst-German etateo which one tries to cake Palo
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the anti-Communist campaign as lntensifyinp the split between 1[
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magnetic field vhere-to all appearances--tension Se growing. Th
West, which io becoming over more clearly visible, will also run a
Germany.." "The spreading of cAraerlcanC ideas pad the caaroair_n nfrrilil
ideas In G-ernany'ma,' be deliberate"*teps on tha road to the division
USSR-controlled? 31 October 15".7)
d) Clay ve. Po'tadamo Land Refora,o; Social insurance, etc. i The axn
program is made the occasion for a,general review of the evils o
in general and Clay+s
distingulehed hi~eelf
n.S, occupation zone,
the pesoants hevlc not
enterprise. in the zone entrusted tSo him are In the hands of Germ
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Tonti: "Germans
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f Germany," (Berlin,
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icon e.dminist'i-atton
eseral Cloy
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many of the undertakings have been; transferred to U.S,. monopolists 11a .the sphere of
social policy, General C"_ayC, military government has left no toti'q le imprint.
Oeneaal Clay has not introduced equal pay for equal work for romen
insuranco to only
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tainst Communism,' he will
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nvember1947)
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The Uufted 3ta'tas itself Is also attacked on miscellaneolte grow ds:s Mcybo
aneral Clagy will present to the Gerrranas the achievements of U;Sc tie craay at home,
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gybe he will tell them about 1ynchtng amd the U?a,, precedence over. Gereia y in the
attar of racial fanaticism;.-a" (Mo,cow, in Polish;, 11 Hoveraber i.q.4?
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