NEW PETITION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRAL GERMAN GOVERNMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000240003-5
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 16, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRIP INTELLIGENCE GROUP
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New Petition for thrt, --4'ablishment of a Central
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:X. On 5 October l947eit meeting was held in Berlin between the Vice Lord Maycr
of Berlin, Dr. NriedensIbum and Professor Dr. Geller, former Hesse 4ielett-
President. The latter suggested that a manifesto be hafted petitioning the
London Conference of Nereign Ministers to establish a Central German Goverm-
meat. The manifesto would be signed by twenty-five to thirty %ram pereau-
alities from all zone e and of all political shades.
2. The same suggestion ie e made to the President of the Bremen Senate, Nelsen,
and Bavarian Mlnisterfleresident, Dr. Rhard, both of whom favor the projer!1,
Goner also plans to obtain the comsat and signatures of Schleswicaolste
Minister-President adamant and Professor Dr. Carlo Schmid, Vice Minister-
President, and Minister-Justice of Warttemborr4ohenee11ern.
The Berlin conference, which Geller and other personalities are slated te
attend is scheduled for 19 October. SSD retrsaantatiws will be invitee,
Geller had mele
contact with adolny in connection with the planned petition. Although
names given above are not on the original list C=M[MMIIMINI.
Geilerse activities aro probably related to Nadolnyee previous efforts.)
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Alfred Weber of Heidelberg hopes to meet in Berlin in early November
various parties hut ted in the manifesto. It now appears that there is
no final draft of a petition but that many are interested.
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les m a e, zones o oco_
on ,p,Opted a-tont:20A prFEEnn
for GerinanYs- at a secret
nme4sigiresterday, including a de-
n-AIM, for Gjr;n1n representation
Is? Ce? talks, infolmed sources
Tonight : The purported pro
gran follows:
(1) Economic unity for Germany.
(2) Establishment of a central
German government.
(3) Formulation of an occupation
statute.
(4) Participation of responsible
Germans in preliminary talks on
a peace treaty.
Signers, according to informants,
included Prof. Karl Geiler, Prof.
Alfred Weber of Heidelberg, Dr.
Ferdinand Friedensburg, Deputy
Mayor of Berlin; Dr. Franz Till-
man and Dr. Otto Lenz, Christian
Democrats; Dr. Walter Strauss of
Wiesbaden, Dr. Erhard Huebner,
Premier of Saxony-Anhalt in the
Soviet zone; Karl Steinhof, Pre-
mier of Brandenbur13. in the Soviet
zone; Johannes Becl7er, Communist
thor; Herr Loelle, Dr. Heinrich
Gruel:Ler AO Agnes von Zahn Har-
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