MILITARY, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL INFORMATION ON EAST GERMANY (1 P; GERMAN; 16 JUNE 1951)

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 4, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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German Democratic Republic FDD Abstract of
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MILITARY, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL INFORMATION ON EAST GERMANY (1 p; German;
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Military and Transportation
1, According to confirmed reports from Bautzen, Leipzig, and Weimar, heavy
movements of It oviet occupation troops are being noticed in Sachsen and Thueringen
at present. is especially noticeable that more weapons and war materiel are
arriving from the east than are moving east. An increase in the number of occupa-
tion troops is definitely noticeable.
2. A railroad employee from Angermuende reports increasing intervention by
the Control Commission in dispositions made by the railroad administration.
3. The Aue - Erlabrunn railroad line has been in operation as a double-track
line for a time. There are several shunting stations on this short railroad line
(shipment of uranium ore).
4. A group of 80,000 - 90,000 chosen FDT (Free German Youth) members will
start special training with the People's Police in mid-July. They will receive two
months of basic training at first.
5. S. 5i_1 reports that the People's Police will be brought up to a strength
of 185,000 men in July. This number does not include the men already trained.
6. A reduction in the number of occupation troops has been noticeable in Meck-
lenburg, It is not known where the troops have moved to.
7. It is reported that the Soviet Control Commission is considering a move
from i horst to Dresden. The same is reported of the SED (Socialist Unity Party)
Central"office, Berlin, Lothringerstrasse.
Economic
1. There are reports that because of material shortages Five Year Plan quotas
cannot be met. Shipyards have been releasing employees, and the Riesa Steel Mill
has given notice to 500 employees.
2. To lower production costs in East Germany, it has been suggested that
workers be paid on the basis of workers' brigades. Special courts are being set
up to deal with laggards.
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Political
A general housecleaning is taking place in the WN (league of Victims of
National-Socialism) in Western Berlin and West Germany. All members showing Western
tendencies are to be expelled. Many arrests took place in Parchim and other places
in Mecklenburg recently. No reasons for the arrests were given. The chairman of
the NDP (National Democratic Party) was reelected during the Leipzig Congress. Bolz
She chairman is known to have close contacts with the MVD (Soviet security agency),
A public show trial of Alex Stark, former assistant chairman of the FDGB (League of
Free German Trade Unions), is expected to take place in July. Stark will be accused
of collaboration with the West, The head of the Zittau FDGB has vanished, taking with
him 100,000 Deutsche marks. Schneider Lsame man kmlt had a bad reputation and was
an MVD informer. Numerous vacation homes of the FDCB are empty, Responsible fun 5X1A
tionaries are charged with sabotage. The reason why they are empty could not be
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