PLANS TO IMPROVE LIVING STANDARDS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003100380003-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 7, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
PLACE ACQUIRED
East Germany
Plans thImpror-e Living Standards
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
REPORT NO.
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7 December 1953
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1. On 3 December 1953 some,30 representatives of the Ministries of Labor and
i ealthr the Executive Ca nittee of the FDGB, and various large plants
assembled in the "Haus der Regierung" in East Berlin to discuss a draft
containing twenty proposals for the improvement of the living standards of
'the populace of East Germany. -Among those present were Jenny Matern, Herbert
Warnke, Rudi Kirchner, and Gerhard Ziller,
2, The proposals included the following: to increase pensions,, to raise salaries
for. the wage groups V to VIII, to improve the medical. caxe of the population,
to cut food prices further, and to eliminate rationing. The comments made by
the princ,tpal government spokesmen indicated that at least the last two of
these proposals are likely to be accepted and promulgated. The proposals
which are accepted are to be made public with appropriate fanfare at a special
session of the Council of Ministers to be held in the hall of the Volkskamtner
on 10 December, to which six or seven hundred. spectators will be invited, The
Volkskamme7? will ratify the pro-5>e.ls on 16 'December.
3, Warnke stated that there is danger in making a few specific concessions, since
the "opposition" would emphasize the shortcomings which still remain, thus
nullifying the propaganda value of the concessions, and keeping the East German
government on the defensive.
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