1. FOREIGN MINISTRY VIEWS ON INTERNATIONAL SITUATION 2. CABINET REORGANIZATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006300060003-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 13, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone) DATE DISTR. 13 TIov. 1950
SUBJECT 1. Foreign v1inistry Views on International Situation NO. OF PAGES 1
25X1A 2. Cabinet Reorganization
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1. Foreign Minister Georg Dertinger and an unnamed member of the SED who is an
official of the East German Embassy in Uarsaw have independently expressed
the opinion that the Soviet Union will probably resign from the United Rations
organization, since it is consistently outvoted on all significant issues.
2. Dr. G rhard Reintanz, chief of the legal division of the Foreign t inistry,,
recently stated privately that the present crisis will not lead to a general
Saar, and that the USSR will not intervene directly in Korea. A similar
opinion was expressed by rather Josef Plojhar, the Czechonlova?simixinister
of Health, during his recent visit to Berlin.
3. An anonymous lead article in tdeue &It on 29 October, attemrtin> to ingratiate
the East German government with the French, was 'rritten by De tine er. He in-
tends to write a series of such articles, which 411 be published in a= Z_qjj
on coming Sundays (not necessarily every Sunday). On the occasion of assigning
to a colleague the task of writing an article on the Prague conference for 3
r t, which was to be directed especially at hest. Gem n youth, Dertinger
explained that the Soviet Control Commission had ordered rxire restraint in pro-
paganda against the 'Zest, and a ded that such words as "puppets" and "war crlmi.-
nale" should be avoided. He said a "much more moderate tone" should be adopted?
4. At a recent meeting of the Ct3U Executive Committee, Otto Tluachtca expressed dioap-
pointrYent at the fact that the t?IDP is to get the same number of poets as the CDU
in the now list of cabinet r:inisters which is scheduled to be announced on 15
November 1950. However, Hans-Paul Gantor-Giiratis (CDU) is to be IAinister of
Trade and Supply.
5. In the course of the reorganisation, a functionary of the J GB will become
to be set up
:sinister of bor. A State Secretariat for Church Affairs Is
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