FINANCING OF CDU CONVENTION

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
Financing of CDU Convention
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.B.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 2 November 1954
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The following regulations were made for the financing of the CDU convention
in Leipzig, 21-25 September 1954:
a. Delegates and guests were granted substantial reductions in travel costs
and food prices, but were expected to pay these expenses themselves. The
Party obtained supplementary food rations at normal prices.
b. The costs of the convention were borne by the Party itself. These included
the use of the Weimar-Halle at a reduced rate, and accommodations in the
hotel Russischer Hof, which is controlled by the CDU.
c. All expenses for foreign and West German guests were borne by the National
Council (front organization controlled by the Ste). .,
d. The Party management obtained the funds for the convention from its own
enterprises--chiefly printing establishments, since the membership dues
are badly in arrears. Only about half of the dues have been collected
during the last year and a half.
2. The programme of the convention was drastically abbreviated. There were only
two main speeches, by Otto Nuschke and Gerald Getting. A speech by Luitpold
Steidle was reduced in scope, and one by Dr. Heinrich Teplitz was eliminated
altogether.
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