CDU NOTES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004700240006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 17, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT
Gerald GOtting made the following remarks in..a discusslon held at
East CDU heads uaa:rtex's on 2 March 195'0 The situation of the
CDU in the East Zone can now he vi reed t it.s~ more op, m1sm
Everywhere the Tarty has regained contral and is b;%ndl5ng its
affairs -without assistance. The only excertion is they rrov-
ince of Brandenburg where the situation is stir. in f1uxo As
a result of the surge,, 8 t.reis chairmen were removed from
Office in Saxony-Anhalt, nranely those of Big; Warfel d, Blanken
burg, Halle? Quedlinba rp. Wanz1oben, `ernx.gerode,, Woimirstedt,
and Zerbst,.
Loss of zrembershir has not yet Occurred,- There were a number
of resign.itions, but there were also a number of new alaplica-
tion:, for melibershirS so that the strength of the r,arty
remains about the saute..
Getting declared that the negative att1 fade of CDU Viomen
to yards the Democrr~tic "?omen' in -C,R f: Y s no .l.crIgez a :certa le >
They must be urged to Ic:in , G13 ttInc , renounced 'hat in the
future the? Pcii ev Committee of the rraxrtY wol'ld meet every
Tuesday. The f 1rs" nioetine would be in Lei i p 'oy 7 March
3.,,t 4 the occasion being the cnc-a n~ the t.r-i-nzig fair.
On I lurch 19 C' there was a r::eet: nt=- for %vr,iert of the East: CDU
at narty hoadQuarter^ ;y )t TAhi oh < E~t? "{af# 2;:r Gsnr7-pj t ting made
the oneni.ng- rom;,rks'y Lr.~--i.nl the women to joiry the Democratic
Women's League (PFD),, The ? antic r}t=,n4 were onresee to this
new course of action; but for undo:t,st.aztdabl.c reasons they
could not ex'x'ess heris'e7_tr~ s can, the - } ; eci
The main address was dc.l i?tryred ht, :yi ni surer Ste i t l e who
errrhasiuecl welfare it Iiist-ia and On s x?actprJ..ed P.ussia as the
most rrogressive country in thou world 3 i.th? respect to women.,,
rights. He rrorn?. sed to attend to the introdu -t i oa? of nurseries
on factory nrer,..j Sc^S ,eft or the Sovi t model so that working
women need Steidle ave no cos. cer1 about thr of their
''ildren
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist ofi the United States.
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of Fastern Germany since only in that zey could damage be
inflicted on the West. If East German industry were exrandedy
unemrloyment would continue to rise in the West in such a way
that the "lest would soon he forced to capitulate to the East.
Steidle's remarks were received wi'-hout arplause. In later
di scu.ssion, Gritting snokp again; saying that the West must
accent the rrogressive reforms in the East if Germany is
reunited. He further stated that the Soviet Union need no
longer take world orinion into consideration in the formation
of her rolicy since she is strong enough to get what she
wants? as proved by her successes in China.
Comment: it is surposed that the new applications
were stimulated by RIAS rroragands which has called uron
neonle to hold out now as never before, and by the fact
that people say there must be something in the Harty if
it is so violently persecuted. In addition, a Jorge
number of the civil servo nts who are now being forced to
join a nolitica7 party wish to choose the least of the
evils by going into the CDU, since they believe that this
will not be held quite so much against them at a later date.
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