PROPOSED REVIVAL OF THE SPD IN THE SOVIET ZONE

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CIA-RDP82-00457R002000520010-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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2
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December 15, 2016
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April 20, 2001
Sequence Number: 
10
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Publication Date: 
November 12, 1948
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2001/11/23 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002000520010-5 BEST COPY Available Approved For Release 2001/11/23 : CIA-RDP82-00457R002000520010-5 Approved CENTRAL INTELLIGENC~C F~2-00457 R.~5~a0 INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone) 1f1' D TE DISTR. 12; November 191,$ SUBJECT Proposed Revival of the SPD in the bov1.et sons ~1 :,_ - --- 25X1C Ot-_--__-- NO. OF PAGES 1 N0. OF ENCLS. LISTED BELOW) ~~ SUPPLEMENT TU r )" REPORT NO. 25X1X ne of the subjects of di.scussicn-~,s SP ) th i . ee n i scrimi.na_tior a r?ai.n.st SP:-D members ww+rho had. been of the Lrndesvorstand of the Berlin i.: on ti ng There was ?r. mee Groteviohl, and t,Tl.br.i.cht, t-s vgell as, the Piecl 1948 b t , . er o 2 Oc w ~, egular members of the Lane esV r s tFT) ~,,t+ended 1 he rreet:rR. tv-,e effect of the -r cent tr tY rent la , of action now .includes a revi'~a-1 of p . f.gppc ren LJ- ie r .a : she SPP ir. the stern: ,ne . emmbl once of an oppose tlef, party ,; r', is needed, espeei~Ully ir; vies of the Berlin situation, in order to counteract the genera I i-m )ressior) thr t the S';D i.s sti fling a l_J other political p: rties It i s 1-believed that, after- three e~.rs_ o.f _e r-eri.er;ce in ra:i-rt~)i-n-;ng strict sur.veilThrce over y _~ safe to s11m itie ;QED functic rarie~~, it i s actin; ~r~r the rev-iv~-1 of for e ) kno ns D] (ey- )~mc tubers totbecom nron inenty~ str_ln the revived SPD, because the t olitic,a,].. it pl itati ors }would e too obvious . 3. The first stex toward this goal, would be to crea:tE the ~,cnerel _i. pressi.on that the Sk D itself i s looked utp.oa ,;w~i th favor .in the ~;hr: ~ nt~.-,.nova et fa c ' ast th.at I s merely , t ,cti ons in i he r~a ~, of t, ~e es-tern aaers tn~?tdertoc~rF ~chr zr~~tc'oro~~~c.mE~nt tr~i t.ht the,i n~~D, c. fort wou_i d. t..,er hhe . a p not; the present organ-i