SPONSORSHIP OF WEST GERMAN ENTERPRISES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007500870004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/06/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007500870004-3
CLASSIFICATION S-E_- R-E..T
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT - "Sponsorship" of West German Enterprises
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. S. C., 91 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
HIBITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM 15 PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR.
8 August 1955
NO. OF PAGES '
1
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
_ docvrding 10 0 *f he FDGB 1tatSi I Njocutive Board, it is aesiraol&
that as many -as -pose .hle- didates fW the Shoff Trade -Union-Managea~ent4----4
have close connections in West Germany,?-either through relatives or
through their work in the trade--union movement. It was stated that such
connections would promote the solution of all-German problems which had
assumed the highest importance.
2, The FDGB National Executive Board therefore ordered that each national
enterprise and each "Yereinigung organisationseigener Betriebe" (Association
of Organization-Owned-Enterprises) (VOB) and each government agency in the
GDR adopt a West German or West Berlin enterprise as so-called
B1sponsorchip enterprise". The workers of the enterprises sponsored were
to be induced to promote the reunification of Germany. Financial and moral
support was to be given to them if they had lost their jobs through their
fight against the Paris Agreements.
3. It was stated that 7 percent of all membershipl_ dues received by the FDGB were
earmarked for financial support of. West German and West Berlin industrial
enterprises within the sponsorship program..lforeover, it was arranged that
in Mar 1955, all FDGB members would hs7ti a sum ranging from 0.5t
to 2 DNE. The money collected in this was to go into a fund for the support
of `nest German workers victimized for poiitiosl'r easons. FDGB members
fiercely criticized these measures taken by the FDGB leadership. In
East Berlin workers are of the opinion that the money collected
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that as many As- p)oa'*ibte. canii:i.da.tes fur the Shop TxvP e 't+ni,o~y, ;der ', et,:Fnts
liui''e icso connections in 7?c'3'c Cc):i::a iy : .'..? I-, (- r through rlal tires or
ti iou h their work in the tr de--an on iov' mpn.a It srae sstatt''d that such
ccr.n`ctions wou-id promote th.=: cc? utlon of- all-German proaler_.s. ?:.hhich hid
assuriod the high.:sv importance,
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^rt r.'rise and each' 'tVereini;'u y o a rill Si ti029^~P, z;;.tl~ C`' DotriCbe f' (Association
v. Orf; niza.tion-Ownted inter;irisaWea (VOB) and e er*i.en:, !ehcy-: 'thy
Cif: adopt a Vk.st German or st Berlin enterprise s si: e:as.' 'd
"sponsorship enterprise", the workers of the ender prisw:, s %cniore:l
tc ';'- induced to promote tae x ~:?tr i 3 o.?.'Gion of Germ.".any. mcral
L'pport was to be given to them if they h:-.d lost their: john t?. 'eu :h their
fir,ht .i ainst the Paris x~;r'ee...ents,
is It st--t~,d that 7 percent of, all =bership rites received by the b'DGii were
c.rmarited for fin--neialsUpi_ ;r. t of blast G and -#FoO r45y:;: it ib xu riwl
^r t rprisc;s within the s a: sor.,.i .. , ro ;r.c a reovi:ra it v;as : rr:a 3ed th. t
tr it, ay 1955, ` all PDGB merAb::rs :voul.ci h_.ve to _,ay -a. stir; r ri._; n .r_ o U *", `,>. ....
I;t 2 DM: The money collec .ed in this 'may ;ray to ~,m .in'..,, ;he support
-'/est German workers vic _ir izea for political rca oz '= F DU ^}artoers
Y c rely cry tici zed, these siie:;.sures taken by the Fu3'3 -l adi ^shi, . In
- r~icular, East Berlin workers are of tha opinion i; t the xtoney coli acted
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be , spe tt : on : needy C:or::ors and oxplo : 3S in the i 1.T.~ IR 1i;
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