CONFLICTING SPD VIEWS ON SOCIALIZATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000040008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 22, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 10, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Gei r (Russian Zons)
SUBJECT Conflicting SPD Views on Socialization
ORIGIN
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DATE. 25X1X6
INFO.
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SUPPLEMENT
1. Differences within the Berlin 3P1) concerning the desirability of
i i *aec..rtte "socialization" (postponed by a recent decision of the
Kome *
ada.tura) appeared at a meeting an 9 ,.upust of the party's
auil-coxrm.ittee on industry. The followinf? were r9tlribera of the sub-
Uxi rath, Uahlem, Chairman
Konnemann, Grunewald
Prof. Funke
fm Re i chenau
Rudd-If jiissel, the forma: cabinet mi-n. st
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2. Umrath and Funke, source describes aa; dopmatic :arxist3, ad-
vaeatod ir-nediate socialization at any cost; a.rpuine that it is
possible now, -yhile car,italism is in a weakened state, and that
if this opportunity ii missed it wil not recur for fifty years,
Umrath also pointed out that a policy of :~:oclalizing industries
would be approved and assisted b: y- the ` ovie~ Union..
3 Konnemanny, althouiih ht as a principal author of the proposed
socialization low for Berlin, considered that a situation ripe
for socialization does not yet exist. He said the British ex-
ample showed thot the people's reaction cannot be predicted, and
exprered fears of a sudden -decline In productions Both he and
Reiehanau maintained that there is no conclusive evidence that
German v.orkers either understand or favor the irlea of socialization.
Former I*inis ter 't issel supported this view, and added that the dif-
ficult conditions resulting from the collapse of Germany would tend
to be ascribed to the socialization policy, which would thereby be
discredited in the mind of the nuabi. .c
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