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25 September 1947
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Y
From:
Information Control, oso
Country
Germany (Russian Zone)
Subject:
Possible New Russian Foreign Policy
Date of Info:
1 September 1947
Evaluation:
Reference No.
1. Field Marshal von Paulus and General von Seydlitz were still in Berlin on
1 September 1947. This information was confirmed by General Gregoriev. The
first two days Paulus lived in Wilhelm Pieck's residence. Count Heinrich
von Einsiedel, one of the founders of the "Freies Deutschland" movement, was
also in Berlin but has since departed.
2. The Russians seek to establish a new party or, if that is impractical, a
German National Committee led by Paulus and Seydlitz, both of whom are agree-
able. The Russians have no fears of the movement becoming a nationalist
the
reactionary tool 80 long as it is Soviet controlled. They feel that the SED
the
and the KPD methods have been unsuccessful in gaining the support of the most
y
ir
important middle class element. The Russians desire an ideological victory
over the middle class before it is materially corrupted by American supplies.
3. Discussions about the movement are still in progress. Nothing has yet been
resolved. SED leaders are strongly against the idea, especially if it is lead
by Paulus, fearing that the workers would reject them and the KPD and go over
completely to the SPD. The Russians, contrary to this view, believe it to
be the only method of combatting SPD nationalist propaganda.
General Gregoriev counts on a change in Soviet Foreign Policy in the near
future. Molotov may resign. He declined to name his successor because of
the current factional dispute within the Foreign Office, but he believes
that Litvinov is due to reappear in the foreground.
Comment:
that Georgiev (Gregoriev or Grigoriev)
is merely a cover name for General Malinin, Chief of Staff to General Sokolovsky.
A Malinin served as Marshal Zhukov's Adjutant in Berlin in 1945.)
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