STATUS OF ULBRICHT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R006800040004-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 20, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Status of Ulbricht
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DATE DISTR. 20 September 1955
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
1. It was not originally intended that Walter Ulbricht should accompany the 25X1
East German delegation to Moscow; however, Nikita S. Khrushchev sent a
request for Ulbricht's inclusion in the delegation. Thus Ulbricht after
having been rusticated for several weeks, was pushed to the fore again
when it was considered worth while to use him, 25X1
2. The impression is said to be prevalent among employees of the Politburo
that Ulbricht wi
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soon be dropped in s ite of his a arent re urn '.. 25X1
September. to Grotewohl
expressed the belief that if the Russians in their
conference with West German Chancellor Adenauer succeeded in establishing
a basis for negotiations between East and West Germany, the West Germans
could not be expected to accept Ulbrioht.l
3. Grotewohl was extremely unhappy about the inclusion of Ulbricht in the
delegation. Shortly before his departure for Moscow, Grotewohl went to
Niedersch8nhausen. to see Wilhelm Pieck. Upon his return from the inter-
view with eieck, .1e dictated a memorandum for the record to the effect that
Ulbricht was going to Moscow against the wishes of Pieek, and that Ulbricht
had on his own initiative asked Khrushchev to prevent his exclusion from
membership in this important delegation.
tt. Later the same day Grotewohl and Pieck went to the Soviet Embassy. Subse-
quently Grotewohl dictated a memorandum for the record on the discussion
with Ambassador Georgi M. Pushkin. The latter had said, "Do not v~o rry about
Ulbricht's actions. I can reveal to you that if Ulbricht had not gone to
Moscow with this delegation, he would have been summoned anyway within the
next few days, because as a result of the conference with Adenauer it is
absolutely necessary for Ulbricht's policies to be altered."
11 E__Commentli Apparently the conference with Adenauer jroduced some
new condition under which the Russians feel that they do not need to drop
Ulbricht at this point.
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