SOVIET POLICY CHANGE TOWARD THE SPD

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 19, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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At the sesd:ion of the main executi re body oC the Last CDU on
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soviets ca:rrent. a :pry .owr:rrds the :~'e ?
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2? -b ised this policy on the following' ;facts: the fate of
Germany will be decided in the Fedt ral Fepublic wi th'in the ne .t
few weeks., The implementation of .he Contractual Agreement will
be a vital factor in the entire po:,t-war huropean political seen:,-.
To d ite, efforts of the bast to pre-ent the -signing of the Agreement
by p.ropag_ inda, ,3upport of opposition groups., peace rallies anc
agitation against remil.itarization have been unsuccessful., The
,,ovie t.s can no longer (ford to wa7. t for results through --mall-
scale infiltration or t.hrouph the efforts of opposition groups., It.
is now essenti , to nut words into act ion..
3. Wn the development of this naw policy. theJPD looms as an important
organization within the Federal Rei ublt c , The 5PD is opposed to the
Contractu U. agreement and is in a i osition to endanger, with its
slogan "First reunification,, then i ,rror,e" he policy of the Adeciaver
Government.,
h., The Soviets, however, must necessc-rfly encounter great di.ffi.cUities
in approaching the &PD; the SPD is ba.siea7_ly anti-Corr: unist anc ainti.?..
Soviet, gor th` s reason, a direct Soviet offer to the sPD for a
common policy i hardly possible The Soviets now want to circonivent
this tactical difficulty by advocatin? a plan of action in conformity
with JPD policy but without making a direct offer to the Socialists,
The Russians realize that the '..est ;errarr trade un3on.s are the most
i_aiporta.nt orpani.zed political factor within the Federal
The unions generally support the F r3 , Thus trade unions rnnus i, be re
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m:i nded of 3 weapon which is purely their own: the strike,
=.r -teti that a special committee is now, preparing the draft of
,n c.a,,,mn,- for .i west Gernan general strike, to take pl.a e its an
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he land: st: ,i. The Soviets would al ~,ow t e ZPD to dh*?l.on it. r -,
propag:arxd.a akpr: rust the A;7reement and for this ? r ,~;
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rather a d mon.3tration a a:in io.a_r;ir with tie West,
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that the Adena'ner res-ime will ':sA on ;j- ik`.ega b.,nis if it eon.
cludes an as_l: i a-r c with the West,. ' t;e caret en .s of sssit d s'ense and
of alL-out rcr,i.sta,n : against such pans sr.iit become part of t:sat ;ia=,.3_y
political t:;-t:_irli_mt of the rant CDM ?t ,< Ili. r sd.If# ct It to r oT 4*: n c
citlzees of the i:AA' that ore cart nr;ss-i'h7'v' a nat ? o9.e and Chr ct_iice
duty, but that course must be driven nor* Irm, .he CDU to it -s :nrr-ter,
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