REMILITARIZATION OF EAST GERMANY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013500320005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany
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Beioo3].itarization of East Germany
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After:Widlmayer cfnu}, the deputy head of the Soviet Central" at 8arlshorst,
returned from Moscow on 27 May 1952, discussions and considerations took places.
3. In Moscow's opinion, Walter Ulbricht is not the right person to be the advance
agent and responsible authority for the reestablishment of military service and
the creation of an army in East Germanyo Ulbricht,accordingly, will receive
some ;other post abroad, at Moscow's suggestiono His place will be taken by
.the Prime Minister, Otto t~?o+bswohl,
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Widlmayer :a.id that Moscow was still opposed to a remil~.tarization of the
People's Republic .until the proper time. Accordingly, the. defensive and offensive
alliance already prepared will not be proclaimed until the last momenta The.
rapid sTevelopment of remilitarization which the Socialist IInity Party (SED)
would put into operation is not at all in accordance with. Moscow's wishes,
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A].1 information relaying to 'West German rearmament is t~,a,tered through the Meat
Bureau of the SID at the presdnt time, The'pui^pos? of this is to strengthen
the urgency for an East German national armyo
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the SEH is extraordinari3.y interested in the setting up
of an East German Arroyo It promises them final elimination of the last danger
in the event of a reunion of Germany apart from the Sov~.et IInion, They also
hope thereby to neutralize the weakening of the SED resulting from the
"Moa~ew peace police ~-
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Commente The Soviet Government has Otto Nuschke and Professor Hermann
gastner in reserve for the continuation of its peace policyo By direct command
of Karlshorst, Kastner occupies an office in the building of Prime Minister
Otto Grotewohl, where he functions at the present time as president of the50X1-H U M
aGerman Intelligence Promotion Commute?"o,'Kastner?s sharp rivalry with
the deputy fo the Liberal Democratic Party ,(LDP), Dre Karl Haman, and with
Finance Minister Hans Loch is disapproved of by the Soviet Government, chiefly
for the reason that Raman is the .soviet confidential agent in the LDPo
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