Memorandum from Acting Secretary of State Joseph Grew to President Harry S. Truman, Latest Opinion Trends in the United States
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OCR Page 1 of 5E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or E
DECLASSIFIED
CONFIDENTIAL
Dept. NLT-DS. MARS Date 6.26.75
of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
By
June 2, 1945
LATEST OPINION TRENDS IN U.S.A.
Special Report on
Attitudes Toward Germany
During April and May, the attitude of the
American public toward Germany and the German people
has hardened in a number of important respects--
according to surveys made by the Princeton Office
of Public Opinion Research.
Increasingly, the American people--
1. Regard the German people as well a.s the
German Government as having been our
"enemy";
2. Are less willing to continue food ration-
ing in order to help Germans buy enough
food to maintain health;
3. Are more desirous of trying to make
Germany pay for our cost of the war.
At the same time, a majority still feels that:
4. Germany will be unable to pay us the cost
3.
of the war within 25 years;
ARCHIV CANATIONAL SERVICE" RECORDS ES AND:
5. Our Government should help get German
peace-time industries going again.
The German People
The present high point in the American disposition
to include the German people in the concept of *chief
enemy* follows earlier rises which were registered
during
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