SPEECH BY ULBRICHT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006100400006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Speech by Ulbricht
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2. In regard to the foreign political development and the international
status of the GDR. it was believed that the USSR would soon recognize
tie sovereignty of the GDR. A subsequent step would be a contractual
guarantee given by all East-Bloc countries for the present borders
of the GDR. The remilitarization in East Germany will not be
conducted openly before the organization of West German divisions.
The sharpest fi,~ht will be waged against the rearmament of West
Germany, but at the same time efforts to intensify all-German
conferences and discussions in all fields of cultural and sport
activities will continue. After the West German rearmament has
become a fact, the GDR will rearm openly and at a rapid rate;
411 military stations will be occupied by GDR armed forces which
will include air forces and naval forces. Occupation troops will be
withdrawn to prepared pos ately behind the Oder and
Neisse Rivers, a military 1 be concluded between the
1. Ulbricht made a speech before the SED Central Committee on the recent
Soviet note proposing a European security conference on 29 November
1954. Ulbricht stated that the Soviet note did not come as a surprise
to the GDR government. It had, however, not been expected that the
Soviets would suggest a specific date for the conference. According
to Ulbricht, the Soviet note implied a de facto recognition of the
sovereignty of the GDR and indicated that the Kremlin was not going
to make real concessions in the solution of the German question.
GDR functionaries seem to believe that the Soviets are working for
a status of co-existence between the GDR and 'v'est Germany. SED
politicians pointed out in this connection that the USSR is not
willing to trade socialist achievements in the GDR for Western
concessions. In circles of the C0111-Ost, the view is Field, however,
that the USSR is resolved to make a last attempt to prevent the
L plementation of the London and Paris agreements and that the
Soviets will be ready to make far-reaching concessions if the
71estern powers accept the plan of discussing an all-European
security system at a `Vest-East conference.
and the Socialist course
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The Socialist cot:rse in the GDR has been intensified for some time.
This policy became apparent after the publication of the proclamation
in the "Neues Deutschland" newspaper on 13 November 1;54. A new
turkampf" on a limited scale is in the offing. This "riulturlcampf"
ell include atte;:pts to isolate all circles of the population
su-)_ ortin the church and, above all, the majority of clergymen.
Ef'orts to influence young persons will be stepped up, but direct
attacks against the church will be avoided, except on special
occasions. The church or the "Junge Gemeinde" organization will not
be persecuted and the agitation against church membership will
mainly be conducted internally at party schools and within the aVP.
7e religious character of old feast days will gradua,ly be destroyed
and these feasts will be converted into pure secular festim4ls.
Christmas for example will be celebrated as a people's Christmas
designed to support the peace caipaign of the regime.
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