THE PLEBISCITE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005100210009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 20, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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:1,, The voting p ocodurc Pon' the plebiscite in the GDit was correct in
the ID: ~? tiaz~&'arAkt W yrec~.pct.. Dee :ink; the three days of the voting,, the
pol.'.: n olace was -serxeanently occupiod by five election functionaries'.
At I ght , the ;,ealed ballot b: yes iaere guarded bj two ,embers of
the election coiEnraitteeo The counting of the votes cast was started
at s 3~ Y0 .3 on 29 Jae 1954 Of 9'/7 persons who were entitled to vote,
818 voted for tie conclusion of a ogre treaty and ';ithdrawal of
the occupation sr&c 17 for he ?EC Troaty, 52 dart invalid votes,
and 20 abQt a .nett fron voting. '."tie counting of the votes was done in
pu.olic are in a: apparently correct xannera
2? Proii cue of the unbobu of }elan it is aloo reg fed that the votlzg
nyocschwo was c 'OOtD Envelopes for the 'ballots were not issued,
the ballots had to be folded together before being dro..ped into the
ballot bosses. b'ne public eras admitted to the counting procedure.
Blank ballots w,3re classified as osing cast in favor of the
con--luoion of a peace ...::. eatyo On one ballot the voter had written
"63othin;g but Lax' sud'a, and this ballot was counted as a vote against
EDCO if the cross to be put into the circles reserved for the votes
in favor of SDC wa not i-Larked. correctly3 the ballot was counted
as ixavelido
When the votes ;east for the plebiscite were counted in Ouehlen-Glienicke ,
it '.,av learned that one third of the electorate had voted for EDC, one
thi:?d for peace 9 and one third had `given invalid votes o According to the
directives issued by the SED.the invalid votes had to be added to the
peace votes o
The burgoTaster of Zechl.in Dorf was roved from his office one day after
the plthiscite, beti euso, he had counted the votes correctly without
obsorving the S: D directives. The votes were cast as follows: 58 % for EDC,
18 5 for peace, and 21. % invfal.id o The inhabitants of Zeehlin Dorf were
told that their burgomaster had been removed from office because of
u dc:noc atIc co.zduct.
In Ae11it:, hum., Franks ndo.s f, Steinberge9 Neu.Olienicke, Dienenwalde,
Z. dlalon, and Zea,hlin=Plecken more than 50 % of the electorate voted for EDO,
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Approved For Release 2007/07/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005100210009-6
 Approved For Release 2007/07/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005100210009-6
Approved For Release 2007/07/20: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005100210009-6