MIKOYAN'S VISIT TO GERMANY

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CIA-RDP80-00810A006900700003-9
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S
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2
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December 21, 2016
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October 31, 2008
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3
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Publication Date: 
June 10, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/10/31: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006900700003-9 COUNTRY SUBJECT PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. CLASSIFICATION CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT 1st Germany Rikoyan's Visit to Germany THIS DOCUUENT CONTAINS I NFOAOATION ArTECTIRC THE NATIONAL D1FUNIIU OF THE UNITED 1TATU. WfT11IN Till MEANING OF TITL1 IS. $ICTIONS 733 ATION OF ITS CONTEDTS TO OR RECEIPT ST AN UNAUTRO111210 rED10N 12 PRONI11TED NT LAW TUN RIIPRODUCTIOM OP TNlS FORM 19 PRONIRITIO. Kremlin when he visited East Berlin and the Leipzig fair. "Aikoyan prevented the SED frcm taking immediate political directives for the Soviet Zone governinent from the REPORT CD NO. DATE DISTR. 10 June 1555 NO. OF PAGES O:L NO, OF ENCLS. (USTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION Mikoyan had. brought counter-measures against the ratification decisions of the Bonn Lower House and changed the main points of the Covermiont declaration whieil Grotewohl made to tho Poople?s Chamber on 2 Larch, which had been agreed upon and which called for a referendum on the basis the Frankfurt Paulskirche Manifesto in all of Germany, Central Committee arbitrarily changed the text of :.Mikoyan's directive a deplorable incident had occurred when the SED the SED Central Committee made. the statement more unacceptable to tr) ; ;hest, since Ulbrioht and those close to him feared th..t they would lose their positions and consequently tried to postpone the reunification. When i4ikoyan returned to Berlin from Lei%zi? he was in.forL;ec, of the changes made in thc; directive he brought from :uoscow by Crlev, first counsellor of the Soviet -,.mbassy and thr::atc cd a this incident Mould have serious consequences. K hrushchav probably would concern himself with this a nuident :Ar.J it would depend on the political situation and the weir-ht he attributed to Jlbrioht what the outcome would be. Bulgjnin Uolotov would probably no longer tolerate any thwarting of their political conceptions. 4, Mikoyan made Foreign Minister Dry Bolz travel to ,'arsaw and State Secretary Hrwndke, deputy forei,.,n minister 25X1 25X1 25X1 2 A11 on rights of control and financial obligations of Poland a1d Czechoslovakia L J/~ in regard to the plarn4d ari od forces in East Ge ^~ nc 1,Oth Prague Ord "farsaa still had obey;:.`. 't 25X1 yet overcome doubts in .arsaw abcwL w..s reliability of tho KVP. x NAVY OLASSIFICATION SR8 x these two went to these capitals because of aCrecmen S--E-C-.?,-F-T _ DISTRIBUTION U / 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/10/31: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006900700003-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/31: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006900700003-9 Approved For Release 2008/10/31: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006900700003-9