SED PROPAGANDA FOR THE NATIONAL FRONT AMONG FACTORY GROUPS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004100370010-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 19, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Fxhnt ^'.'l~t2^ ^ctoxy Grmara
~Ti?Y Ger.~ry (Ruau:f.an 7,0~~0)
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T~!!S !S UNEVALUATED 1NFORMATlON
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Tho ~?x~rtozen in r7at~r faci?,oriee r~irrtmin a resorttsd and distant att3tudo in
o~^nor~ition to nnr'~y >ro~?aSanc7a. ?iot~ver it 3s ofton +~oriblo, ~' ~~p~plp of clever
r:s~7 ^ures~, to affect thQ fra?~a of nand of tha tror?~tiro or so to netttral:tze ttzert
t}~at they ohotr ^.o~ tolar3nco in thei;? or~x~oition to tho efFor'~o of t?~ alt?it-
r~+unl.-L?9.on~iz~. At ouch tires ttio attitudo and opinf.on or t'~e rtaso sux~c~onJ.y ra--
ver;~es it^?lf and daclare~I it Wolf to be tar the ~eaaurgoof thQ party of~c.,
a~+eos to ar ~.tta3 up crith thy, or ac?optr3 then tlho3oheartc3d~,y for hnurs or
for deya. Ofton, ?it29i1 t!~Sa 1mrr~onr~, thotz!;htful ~ t;'itcc~ptical ran aro ~aso~&ted
and fzegtxently it io pit tt?3s ti~^e l:t~a~:, c~enuna3.ationa nro --~da. This ravoroc~l.
of m~,tf.tude i~ partiau3.nrap noticeublo after wo3l or~ra3.zod Pactors- rro~r~e,
a~ftar ~v3eu and cu~.ta?~l nro~.~T~o or alr~o aftor aioitir~g rtr3tr co!*c-~unity rralectc.
-lost of the ~ror'sara t?inn ?yep up th3c c11.an~;ac~ attifiude until the nr3~t t?R~rk day;
'x?t alas frQZu3ntly, a fe*.a Iiattra tF~erewfter, rer~otrod soriou,a doubto at~x~r~ It
is ^t thsr:~e t:3.-ti>; tiwt r~aa$ar-pro#a~anda 'iar~ it ~atc~s~; effect.
th? rropa~anda pro~;r~.n its connection frith the idc~tt of tho
a ~ ona ~ ton , s ~ ~I~d on to long; ~-,e3xn Ei^sin r! nd ig i
ntendod to Q:3tablf.~h
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?Ylzo c~u_r~.~r.?ic for prevent -~saouroo nocoe~r;~ t;o the dQ~-~ocrFttic sfa~o os^
d?melopnez~t in the ~.a:zt Z~~ne. The 'Zatiot>al Front r~nra~ contii^ts of a con
r3idex~.~~le nt~~?'x?~r of oot~rate ~tre~.~os, oaela of c1S~ic}z is to bo o*~rlT.a:;i~ec~ ^.ara
ar leno ncc~rclinry to .tha t:~articv..~r Qitu.~tt3on at -tho t~+-14. For ino#rartes, t{ia
~aie^tion of uhs allianco bott?>eci t??e ~IOrtcer and tho into'+?oetua:L f^ Lxain{~
af~~lysad in ft~ctoxy ~rnup c'riecus33ons ~:ro*~ t?io rractica~. point of vialI sx~fare
otuetyi~ ttie ?~o3.itical s3~n~.f.icarlca of this raroble~. In fact, ?~he ~,at:iona.T.
l~'ront idea it3 ? at Fi.rat oa3?~* to be ~~ovolopod alon!~ tho :L3.n4:~ o? ~:ho olct roblen
of a union bot*.IOQn tl~ S.aD and othor partio~z rand ar~nizations,
t}tat ~ no factory hao there yet beorz zny ~uccaasful tlor?~ beyond this #;.rst
ariprc~Fxcli. iH3s i;~ appar?r~t]y becauo ~',1ae ?-.ratty ?zap t1oi; yQt ~:ucceodnd 3r_ c?ari-
f?~.n~ thio c~ueo"4ion in the :1 i ~ ii~t; of tha }xirty Tarot*,ram.
3. 'Thm :ya~erity o ~ tho *.?inr~corn eea rcn the iiationml ant ran atta^pt tLLY' tha ?~ ~
cram a t?rid?r fi?zr3 of a coon for th3 old Dflmocrttt~tc ?3ltsc unclor tale a3~is of
a rzocl nationr3l.isn, n' ~?~.3t '~a ~ not been zteco?~rll.ohed tin ti~.l no~?r ir.~ll bs aceoaap?-
liehad by uainn, ttitr~ r.,sthods of tho T7azis." T?ztia tho ide^ 3p trtdas~ro!td itx thE-
iact;ori?s t1~.t tho ?^.~D is ?ndaavarf.n~; to ob'cain 10,1 rvco,'!rzitian f'or ittss 31nc
po3..icy ~:ith^ur, boitl.r; pretxirec~ to =~-?r.:$?c t?~t ~nro cor~ca,o7onr? of a au'~starst3aZ
~,~tu*~ axe indirtx~nsa,ble to the ot~;.at nartiQS. Ttie ,^.trlvfn~ of i;he prar~cy for
rt~rrv ~ ArR.,y 4 ?? ` fRr
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This document is hereby regraded to
GONFIDEN7IAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1973 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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~znty is br~zshnd zside :Flth tYy3 ob~rwz3tian t}~,t *~ ty undesx who ^~D ^anmv?r
b;zt a unity of cotRpizlaion. Sirilar~y, tI-te l~~~ste;~?lnnations of tY~ 't ~?t?:i~
voratand concarninp, the eoasr~t3on of. ex~~ropx~atioa fu'zci lnnd rc?~foxx~ art3 rs~u~z~ad
by even the simplest workers *.~~o say that the ~D t?r~3.1 ~ tick on those promises
as soon as it can once morn pc3rr~it itsols" to fo7.Io~~r a.::.~sss pispu~r policy'.
~..~ ~ factor ~,~xich should not ire under-?estirr~ted is the attitude of tPie S~ m8mbo~
ttaer>a:~lvss crithin tho factorioa~ i~autlaoz~ in tlm factories i!o the pF-'i"ty r~crtl;art
~~~ other worttors kvrk with arty sharp soparat3oa lxit=.:~eQn them. Ther? is thus a
constant and ac~;ivo exchange oY' opinio~t, clur~.ne; tins catxr.~ of ~,~ich tYu~ party
nxi?.~~~ers are verg cloealy watched bg their co3lc~a?~zQS, Since th?ge co-.~~rarsatione
are c~.rried on, cn the one hand bye itorx-socitalist oZerients and on the other by usi-
orgunized old socisalist~ and canrnunists,, party mo3nbers fin~cl tnar~selves obliged to
pursue a~-gu*~nts of var~rin~ kincis~ rt io therafo~ frc~c~uerlt that a foY~er Geri~n
:uiti.onkzliat =~r~.ll be convinced by the 'honesty of the l~atiarai Frctint poi.icy5 c~d~~ra~;,
an old Communi cit will be confidential.~p told that thFa P~ational r~ran4 is merely a
matter of tirt~ly oxpod3enc-,~. fiueh ataterients and nat?iralJ,9 not I~pt secret but
are ?,eased on from mau+..h to mouth uitlz tho ~!~esult that all party iv3ttt~~ arcs ac-
CQ~teC~, with th0 ~atast ral;8tx~tist~
5 , ~i'ha attitude of the rax-ty met~l~rs is t~atux~3.],~r ~.oi~ to the Partoivorstanc3. ~~ ~ou-t
~~ria year ar~o the batter a~i;artodi a broad ec~ucationa:?. program within the par. tp
xahich uta4 xnter_dc~d to fiarniah P^rty~embers uritt~ what *:~e conuidered to Yee the
mo~3t inaporL-ant T,~apoa in h$ndlin,!? all. elisoe:ssiana. T:no rk'3ii2 go?zl of t"rai;~ pra-
~,~,m t~a.s to ahoLr the necessry.ty of e3ta'alishing the IZrzUiona], 1~ ront;> h secondary
oo~eat ~~~ts to dvstrc~,~ tho ~tccel~tance Ixy' less intel~.~.~nt nenber:; of the itlet3
that it was u~arely a taeticEtl naovr~ an thQ Tart of tho TEarty. The P&rty knouts
on?t;~ toa Ux-s13 that a largo number of th$ raertbo-rs are an the one hand not suf
x'zciant7~y diseipline~i and on the other too class cQnucious for then to carry aut
-the arnE~~ of tho I3atior~l Front wholaheax ~cd>,p rind in a tactica?1y cor~reat
r~uuer~ ~i spite of the fact tart ti2ey cry real~.2e t~~ nea3st~ity for this pro-?
r~z~. Through clever guidtrncQ! tho line of px^alx~~rkia was c'~mn~e$ dtsrir~g the
course of thc~ ;~avt year ?xer~ ar3o of political allia!aco to one of a Tlationa.7.
Fmnt. 'The :ore discerni.nn rts~~bara of the party yialc3od more or ].Qas q,}n1.cYcIy
to this ne=v I3.no ~,~ziclr, ahn=rr~ rl.l, rsq?~i.r.~d that, o?.c? vocia3~.ot traditions be
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