1. EXCEPT FOR HAMBURG ECHO AND SPIEGEL, PRESS IN HAMB AREA CONTINUES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06766018
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2021
• Case Number: F-2015-02367
• Publication Date: October 12, 1960

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1. EXCEPT FOR HAMBURG ECHO AND SPIEGEL, PRESS IN HAMB AREA
CONTINUES.XMi IGNORE MERTEN ALLEGATIONS NOR ARE ANY INDICATIONS
THAT SPD LEADERSHIP INTENDS CONCERN ITSELF WITH ISSUES.
CONSEQUENTLY, IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE FOR
ASSETS
LIMIT THEIR CRITICISM TO NEUTRALIST ELEMENTS GERMAN OPPOSITION
WHICH ACTING. INDEPENDENTLY FOR OWN PURPOSES AND NOT IN CONCERT
RESPONSIBLE SPD LEADERSHIP. .
2. IN ABOVE LIGHT,
VIEWS WITH SOME CONCERN THE
ARRIVAL IN GERMANY OF ATHNINAIKI DIRECTOR EMMANUIL BAKLATZ1S
W4O, WHILE IN PROCESS BRINGING LIBEL SUIT AGAINST MERTEN, MAY
INVOLVE SPD. GREEK GOVERNMENT HAS ADVISED
NOT GIVE
PRESS COVERAGE BAKLATzIS MOVES. ARE-WE CONTROLLING THROUGH
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