PROPOSED REVIVAL OF THE SPD IN THE SOVIET ZONE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002000520010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 2001
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 12, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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 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
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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