SED POLITBUERO MEETING OF 25 SEPTEMBER

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2007
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• Publication Date: September 25, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany ..
SUBJECT -SED Politbuero meeting
of 25 September
DATE OF INFO.
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. 'APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
1. The Sri P3litbuexo held a special meeting on 25 September for the
fell
lowi
ng purposes#
political prisoners in East Germany arranged by cams and peniten-
ts ' ies
a,. To prepare for a #ubeequent,Volkskammereesaton on the results of
the visit of the East German delegation 1 Moeocer,
be To draw up for the Soviets by 27 September a list of all German
prisoners of war released by the Soviets to finish their sentences
in East Germany?
co To draw up for the Soviets by 27 September a complete list of all
The SED .s attempting to spread the impression that a letter from
President Wilhelm Pieck in August 1955 was responsible for the release
of German prisoners by the Soviets. No such letter was written. It
would have been discussed previously in the Politbueroa and no such
discussion took place0 Moreover, the functionaries of the Poli tl~uero
are congratulating themselves that the attempt to give Pieck credit
for the release of the prisoners was an excells at move,. _
3. During the visit of the East German delegation to Moscow, Walter Ulbricht
suggested to the Soviets that all prisoners of war be released to East
Germany and that the prisoner-of.-war q~ estion be designated an inter-
German matter in order to force the'Pederal Republic to negotiate with
the East German government. At the close of the Politbuero sesaio ,t
1Cini ster"President A'4to Grotewohl commented with malicious -joy on the
dressing--down that remier Bulg n gave Ulbricht for making such a
.suggestions B r1.ganin stated that despite Soviet friendship for East
Germany, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had the word of the Soviets in the
prisoner-of-war matter and that the Sovie .s could not afford the loss
of prestige that would result if Ulbricht sugges ion were adopted.
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During the Politbuero discussion of the forthcoming Geneva L
the following points were made: a Conference
a. If the division of G
e
will adopt g many continues for a long time East Germany
eneral military service Also, border
controls will be tightened, sector and zonal
b. In view of the
possibility oP
functionary responsible for the failure of the conference
9 the
securit
is to prepare to withdraw the Y matters, presumably Willi Stoph.
Berlin and at the sector borders and toi rtes currently stationed around
selected trustworthy police, place them with especially
c. The Politbuero is to a
why the railroad outeappoint a special control commission to discover
despite the allocation ofd &ro Berlin is so far behind schedule
all weeded building materials,
The Politbuero is concerned about the low morale
tion after the German the East German o
it it was resolved prepare conference in l~csocw, In of order to p Pula
rove the situa_
workers would receive retirement a plan for Politbuero conside
rat on whereby
pensions equal to two-thirds of their
The next Politbuero meeting will be attended b pay.
discussion will concern preparations for the GOnevaieCotnfe eaa the
sition of the fast Ge rence, The
Soviets. It Will notes delegation to Geneva will be determined by the
Soviets. play an important role,
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