COMMITTEE OF FIGHTERS FOR PEACE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005500300006-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Germany (V estern Zones)
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Goi ittee 'of Fighters for Peace
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Cor i tthe for a Peace o ,v ;,ac rat; ,, heacicd by Dr. Adolf von Ilatzfold and
forruad by ' T e t Ueruan t.cace lovers' , announced a decision to organize
a. unified peace mo-treien'c, of all friends of peace in F" c:et fierzmanlya Calling
at ention to the p' ace congresses held in Paris arc: Now York, the eonmi ttee
called. for participation in the ?caorld eace o;~e;~e:: t~
2 ~ The appea?. ,as signed,, ir; :deli tion to -von hatzfo ? o, by several ne-i .armourn
to be active in other con-munist front organizations,, srong the::r D:t 'danfrad
aiaus: an A fell o- t:r avellynl poets Dr o liex-ber. t i; 9~ enter , roeraber o :X '3o ial--
Uenoi a Li the Aktion, Hans Ziegler, of Sazia~.de jai..a"tische Aktion, end
Dr. P-einhard 5trecicor, of the ~+auhe_~m _`ircle.. It called for support f'rf I
per sons of all social clr~s:" es, all TL'_, if ions a ?rd all political par ui.es
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3. rn Januar 19 O, the organization of the Aiomi , e der rrt;&*fe,,, f : ? den
Friedon (Cc a utee of Fi.g to c?s for Peace.) (KFF) f. c* ? t` c ste t n tie .? any wns
announced; its headquarters to be in Franic urt.A',.zin, its chief to be
Dr., von iu:.tzfeld. Ot,ho officials are Gerhard Ti cols?_rath, ecre .a y ,:^x d
Fr-~ elingnaus a The group has offices at Donplatz 12 ( a:fie
Konrad .._
as headquarters toY'? 20.:,ce . FDJ) and Schweizers tras use 30,~ both ?ranhfquurL' headquarters ?rtG"headquarters of 'u7?~i
Maairn.,
several days prior to t;.aa.s announcement, t e establishment of a grcup of
similar cola 'atior? was publicized. Idc::":ti.L' c=ud variously as the t A! tjons-
kor it3e fair den Frieden' (Action Commit-We or =Peace) and t Kc al. tee f `fir den
Kar f ur den Frieden' (Corr i.tt,ee for the Fight for Peace) its members very
Rolf' 3ch.5ppner,a editor of "Der Notre fll, Au ast i.tzper, 'Via chat m a n for Lessc
and member of the ccuncil. of Sozialdenokratische Aktion, i'onrad F'., ielinghairs,
official of KCll', Herbert Koch; Land chairman !?',DJ,, Otto Lirhti.n ,er, 'D
The Kc itee der K pfer ffir den Frieden, f ofoaring the ectab i ;i~ a a > of its
lest German headquarters in Frankfurt, proceeded to organize c ~ pto'-:?s in
other cities of testern Geri aay, among then the following
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auglerstrasse h
Via genburgs trasse 26
?heaterstrasse 4
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Karl Sinn
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G. In recent .zths, Land conwesses have been held in Stuttgart 0'? xts ,ml )erg-
Baden) aid Diisse3 lorf (Norwk-iuxiaeGVestp2a.ia)b
Z has quoted statements Of the various world congresses of i i ht::rs for,
peace as 1 tS oon a? ms for ester:, Gomany. Amon these are the f o1 lcw-inZ:
as Cessation o' the 3I'`.la tints race.
b. An end to the terrible threat of atomic boubard.ment..
c. Cessatio of the wars of in`erverltion in Indonesia, : alaya and
Indo-China.
d. An end to efforts L..o repress the fight for peace,, to brew,, down
popular resistance and to ;;repar?e for war',
e- Ste; pint of the 'Cold V,ar 1 and a rebirth of trust and confidence
8 In April 1950, the Land conference of FF for ?t'J1rttemberg,--.D,aden i s::ued
the f ollarxing demands -
a. A ban on rtmil:itar?ization..
b. 'unishment of warmongers.
c. Agreer2ent among all nations.
d. Peaceful settlement of all international cor.:flicl"- .
e. Signature of a German peace treaty..
f.. Removal of occupation forces,
ACTI1JI i l1:Z
9 . T be major activity of Iii thus far vas a petit onz caapaign conducted
throughout the western zones during Apri and :lay and directed against the
use of atonic reapons. Taken from a declaration of the world congress of
Fighters for .Nears at Stoc=kholr. (i5.-i.: ?.,arch l9 D), the }..ex, of the petition
r?ead :
111'e demand an uncondit .oval. ban against atonic ea :ons as w,roapons
of a re s; O s, -uider, a3 well as c. the establisS?men A
~ .~ :t c',1Sd :r,~ L: i_t t of s > tii' l i ~i
internati oral co tro over the carrying, out of this resolution,
e wj-i.3- coosi'der as war cri'ljnrals he leader i of that CoVTer7ti'.1t-nt
which first uses the at on Ur;-lb against any nation.
'%e a ceea.l. to all men of rood ti-u`lli in the world to sign `t tio
it
Great effort was ex~;endec to give the petitions F)rccal.,' circL1 a3;,iU;' < rl
orders f:~ om herydee_:.,,.~.3IY.LL S Q its m f'? ene" ,. s to coc ,pc.r a.te `:
~.:.. "' to ?r 1 the (, a_i"TI4
10Other activity has been confined l arrgely to appe- is for sup! o "t in the
opeace movement4 , and attacks aca nst the ..esters Pon'X's an' their c -~-ressj_ve
P. olic:i es ,
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