REPORTS POLITICAL PURGES

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 7, 2011
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• Publication Date: May 1, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Sov
SUBJECT Pol
iet Zone Germany
itical
DATE OF
INFORMATION
1950
HOW
PUBLISHED
WHERE
PUBLISHED
DATE
PUBLISHED
Daily newspapers
Buenos Aires; Berlin; Stockholm
4 Feb - 31 Mar 1950
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may 1950
LANGUAGE
German; Swedish
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14 PERSONS ARRESTED -- Argentinisches Tageblatt, No 19, 458, 31 Mar 50
On 30 March five members of the Christian Democratic Party were arrested
in Potsdam, among them the local burgomaster, Herr (fnu) Koehler, and Dr (fnu)
Schleussrer,chairman of the Potsdam Christian Democratic fraction and member of
the Brandenburg land Parliament. During the Weimar Republic, Schleussner was
State Secretary of the Prussian Finance Ministry, but was relieved from the
post by the Nazis. He committed suicide recently.
According to the DPA news agency, nine other persons were arrested on
21 March in Altenburg, Thueringen, for "resistance to the state." Five of
them belonged to the National Democratic Party (NDP), two to the Socialist
Unity. Party (SED), and two to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). All of
them were accused of having distributed illco '_ pzp lots.
Three leaders of the SED, Gustav Heinrich, chief of trade operations
for Berlin's East Sector; Hermann Beuk, who was connected with the Bureau of
Price Standards of the East Berlin Municipal Administration; and (fnu) Busse,
president of the central organization of agricultural cooperatives in Soviet
Zone Germany, have disappeared. It is possible that Busse, who was accused
of economic sabotage, is being held in Berlin. Heinrich and Beuk has pre-
viously been dismissed from their posts without notice.
OUST CHAIRMAN OF LEIPZIG CDU -- Taegliche Rundschau, No 31, 5 Feb 50
The executive of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Leipzig has
dismissed regional chairman (fnu) Ruland, who had incurred the party's dis-
favor by supporting the policy of Hickmann.
In a recent proclamation, Leipzig's judges and state's attorneys criti-
cized Ruland's behavior, insisting that he no longer merited his position
as the supreme judge in the Sachsen judicial system.
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ARMY X AIR FBI
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MINISTER RESIGNS -- Der Demokrat, No 30, 4 Feb 50
Fritz Schwob, Minister of Labor and Social Welfare for Brandenburg,
tendered his resignation in accordance with a resolution passed by the CDU
Land Committee on 31 January 1950.
In the same session, Herr (fnu) Graer, Stadtrat Lmunicipal counsel of
Teltow, was suspended from the party because his conduct was considered inju-
rious to the party and the bloc.
WILL TRADE WHEN GOVERNMENT IS RECOGNIZED -- B6rsen, No 73, 14 Mar 50
During a meeting at the Leipzig Trade Fair, held 5 - 12 March, a repre-
sentative of the German Democratic Republic, Dr Schact, told 300 Danish busi-
nessmen that there will be no trade between Denmark and Soviet Zone Germany
so long as the Danish government does not recognize the People's Democratic
government in Eastern Germany. However, present trade agreements will remain
in effect until their expiration. The Danes returned to their country without
negotiating any business deals.
SCHOOLS TRAIN COMMUNISTS -- Dagens Nyheter, No 75, 18 Mar 50
Small groups of Western European Communists are being trained clandestinely
at the Karl Marx Schule in Kleinmachow, just outside Berlin, and at Greifswald
University. The Karl Marx Schule is a miniature version of the Lenin School in
Moscow. These are the two main centers in Germany at which students are indoc-
trinated with Marxist teachings.
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