SOVIET AND SOVIET-ZONE BROADCASTS RELATING TO GERMANY, AUSTRIA, & THE APPROACHING LONDON CONFERENCE

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• Publication Date: November 20, 1947
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IVITODUCV05: tho very strong emphanis on German unity which characterized last wek'a
broadcasta is continued this weak hy both Moscow and the Soviet-controlled Garman radto
all-aermam representation in London is relatively slighted, but thero are continued plea*
for a central goveraaent? and accusations that the western powers intend to create a welit-
Giermtn state, as a .colony' of weatern capital, Like Smirnov, the Soviet radio refraine
from discussing Secretary MarshaWs atetement favoring a 40-year disarmament pact no7
..s here any monitored mention of the disagreement with regard to a unified German poliat
system,
For the farst time in several months of monitored broadcasts. Voncow comment* on
the Aastrian peace treaty, The pattern of comment is similar to that with regard to
the German treatyi "AnglcALS- air/aloe prev4alt.tbe-migning of an Anotrian treaty becant,r
they want the divielor of Anstria.4 There 13 no monitored =entice, however, of tt.1
question of priority of this' treatr.dn the fitosndijafAr-Conferenco, or a
Smirnove effort to pontpone it.
French broa4lcasts have littleZ4o saY0-atiaet, on t London Conference,
broadcasts about Prance and the'Ruhr,stimas prImailly Ih.xneeto the Preach econoa7
involved in giving priority to German rather than French recovery, and the meagernesi,
of coal deliveries to Prance froa_tha_Rulw,-------
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1, PCTSDAM AORErMENT. Potsdam is referred to in denouncing "dismemberment". of
Germany, and in urging economic unity, "the setting up of an export plane* "democratizing"
German industry, and "decentralizing German economic power." It is also claimed that
dividing Europe economically? with a line "right across Germany," would hart German
economy. "On the other hand, in the event of an intensive trade revival bete/eon western
and eastern Europe, Germany would lie at the very center of an economically unified
Europe." (Earlier broadcasts had shown a similar effort to identify the M., and;
especially the Marshall Plan, with an absence of east-west trade,)
2, gpins DRITTg This is again by far the most emphasized theme. Most of the
sub-themes mentioned last week under this heading are continued; and in addition, there
are reports of a secret ballot on German unity to be conducted in Halle, and of one
million signatures by German youths to an appeal by the Free German Youth for
"restoration of Germanes unity at the London Conference."
3. DEMILITARIZATION; It As repeated that many peace-industry concerns are being
dismantled while war industry is left intact,
4, DENAZIFICATION; Slighted.
5. ECONOMIC CONTROLS A satirical commentary describes "colonial" conditions in
"Bizonesia." "Officially it is now called the aB1-zone, t but the common folk very soon
changed its name into 1Bizonesiag,..-an ironical hint at the fact that the British and
U.S. authorities are endeavoring to turn the bi-zone into a colony, like Indonesia or
Polynesia."
6, REPAPATIONS; Slighted.
7, ECONOMIC FAILURE; "Northern Bizonesia" Is described as a "land of marvels*
Here the people sit on coal, yet freeze, For their food, the natives ear, othe Nazis
gave us vitamins, the British give us calories, but grjb we getfrom no one0?1
6. LAND REFORM AND SOCIALIZATION; Slighted.
9. AUSTRIA4 The Austrian treaty is mentioned, after long neglect, but nothing
specific is said about it. "Reactionary circles" are said to be openly advocating a
separate peace with Austria, which would be "tantamount to the division of Austria."
The lend-neglected claim to "Nazi assets" is also mentioned, but eith no supporting
argument except to call the claim "incontestable."
10, FRANCE AND GERMANY; Monitored French radio comment on the London Conference is
very meager as yet, and monitored references consiet only of quotations from De Gaulle
and from the French press. The quotations are of a familiar sort; for example, the
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PARIS PRESSE uays that France wants "severe and permanent international control" of the
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Duringthe.past six months, Soviet comment on France, as related to Germany,
has asserteeci, ihat the French ecfmomy will suffer because priority is given to Gormany
thttt Er,Ance It being faightee in the allocation or Ruhr Coali; that France wee ign,:lret
rhun decisione -ere made by Britain and the U,,S? or by the U,S, a1Ona; that restored
German war potential threatens French security that France is being offeree poliAcaI
cortrol of the Saar (or Ruhr coal) as an inducement to serge its zone with the U,3, and
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British zones All of these are subordinated, however, to the over-all picture of the
"rightist" French Government as the docile tool of American "monopolists."
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