MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON THE AUSTRIAN COMMUNIST PRESS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 24, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY ATrstria/US"B
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Information on
i:;;e AI'atrian Comrnznist Press
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The following report oonsints of a rn'mber of diverse items concerning' the
Austrian Cor-rnl.'r- let rasa.
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1. The Austrian Ministry for Proztertn Control and Economic Plannin,-r, is con j I
siderint measures to take over the Globlhs Varlan, since rent on the i tild-
inis has lonr' been unpaid. the Ministry is 50X1-HUM
said to hare notified Globus V-;rlar, of its intentions. The business execu-
tors of Globus, I1c per and ciur?hardt, have refused to pay the rent. orininally
awreed upon, claiming it is too Kish, and the Ministry is un*fillinr, 4~o wait
longer for its honey. The indebtedness is said to amount to several hundreds
of t ousands of schillings.
2. The Austrian 1 tinistxTr for Froperty Control and Economic Planninn is investi-
atinr a Gor r nnist named flans ?olik who was administrator of '.he former tfazi
publication firm of Eher, Vienna VII, Seiden aese 3-5. jCgWMt: The 50X1-HUM
Vienna telephone directory lists a ruhlishing house called Franz Eher's Nach-
folrer, administered by Karl Heinz, Vienna II, Taborstrasse Pb.) Molik had
been directed by the . 1nistry to transfer certain furniture and other material
from the Eher firri to the newspaper, 17mmg 0esterreich (coalition, offices at
the Eher firm's for- -,r address, 'Vienna VIT, Seidengasse 3) Instead, tnr order
of Soviet a,.ithoritiee, "dlik transferred a raft of this equin~zent, *rilued at
250,000 sc'hi}lines, to the Corr!-unist publishing firm, Schoenbr unn V. rlag, in
the Soviet rector of Vienna (L oC rr-a : The Schoenbr nn Vorla?, G.n.b.1I.50X1-HUM
is in lie na IV, Prinz Oiwenntrasse . The owner of the Schoenbrunn 'Jarlag
is Karl "tans Heinz, for3.arly a Nazi but now a :?ambor of the Austrian. Coru unist
the "oviets .shed the equipment
*nnved to the Soviet Sectors soae to lay claim to it as "Ger-
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letter of 16 October 1978 from the V' ?~ ' `. `~ Apr 77
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3. A Soviet lieutenant colonel arrived from Moscow to inspect the financial con-
dition of Globus Verlag. He began br checking the administration of the
Qt rrrreichi.,, ache Zeitung and was dissatisfied with the results. The newpaper
has attempted to st circulation by distributing the paper free to selected
Austrians for a month and continuing to distribute it unless the prospective
customers announce their disinclination to receive it further. Since sales,
including the involuntary subscribers just mentioned, do not exceed 29,000
copies, the Soviet inspector considers present production of 41,000 copies as
wasteful. It is considered likely, as a result of his criticism,, that some
Soviet officials will be replaced and some Austrian employees dismissed for
incompetence. After checking the Oe_sterrei Rhiahe ggg , the officer will
inspect the Yo s titmi : he is said to have already criticised this newspaper
for the excessive number of editorial staff members which it maintains.
4.
cipated that wo
been unable to
The Central Committee has always regarded the Globus Verlag as one of its
main sources of income, and has thereby undermined the financial position
of Globus by repeated demands. For example, Globus must pay in cash for
deliveries from USIA firms, Printing and other machinery to supply Commu-
nist presses in the Austrian provinces is bought in Germany by the Central
Committee through experts appointed by Globus, 50X1-HUM
Because o suc unexpected envy expenses, Globs has often
most pressing bills to cover Its own operations. It is anti-50X1-HUM
rkers will be laid off and expenses out in. the coming months.
5. The following
the principal
is a list of circulation figures,
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newspapers printed by Globus Verlags
Vn2ksatitmne
Yolkestimme
for Vienna:
for Lower Austria:
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6. Globus Verlag
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45,000 copies
22,000 copies
40,000 copies
20,000 copies
19,000 copies
101,400 copies
8,000 copies
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do a payment, of 9,504.f4 schillings in cash to the Communist
printing house, Noun Zeit, in Linz-Urfahr. A similar a ent of 3,2'75.74
schillings was rude by Globus,to the same firm[ 1 50X1-HUM
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