BERLIN AND EAST GERMAN RIOTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R002700030006-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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and. grit G?rman demonfitri~~tions of 17 June ~E4. ~~~- ~a~~~~~
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S e . ~-~ least; nine strikes precedad the 1~ rge-soaTe East.. Ger~~n ~3e~nonatr~-tiona
of 1? Jvns. The'wave haturAl~.y began: in mid-April, r~n,d for #.he host part;
~% pleas fu outlying: sectors rRrdund Bsrlinr Itenn3gadorf,: Rathiniow,
I'reresite, Fuetstenarlde, '~reptaAV, ahd ~wrzahn.~ Thew trere also strikes - .;
prior to 37 :Juno in Finstera-alde~/Brandenburg.and in .the hopper ieining exsa
as o'und .l~anssfald. The strike acti an of l6, Juna begaal in Moak X40 aF the ~ .
' S al inali+~e~ oo~tet-rkotion prc~eot, but; there., had -ee~i grrs~t exa3teanent
c-mong tk~s worke~a of the other construction sitar along Stalinal3.e~
Mock C" Sot;~h~ sisioe the Z8 11~g a~ou~aoe~nent by the govarrimer~t of 3n~
areas~ed -latter ~tairms. 5tart3ng_an lE June >the governmerrt' dsoree had been
under ~ar-a~arit: di~oussio~ by the rrarkera. On 1S 3u?~e worlr went*:quits
~~lorrly ~t the .oiKa traction sites; bn the morning of Z6 Jens, hoe+ever, the' ~ j
~:~~borers returned to the~.r work.
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2~ t;`hen the Block \C South workers Dined the marchin ~vorke - ~ ~ "
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~3hortly after 9:~ AID,, na strike decrees' or "managsmeut.' were. -in e# st~oa.
Nlook 4Q?s ~-otion xwslike the fAlling of-a spark i:~ A powder bsxr~l.? A
fr8t the go~i1 c~ the marchers ,teas the FDGB-Haas 3,n V~e~~.2etraeaa. 'i`}t~- j
- corkers thane hoped to force through heir d~nands for a lo~ering of labor
txs~rnts ~-nd ot_gricas. Mkt first tha strikers h+~d no ~~olit;ica2 go*`I"~'14hat'so~
~ivar, ?nd -they were careful not to ms~ke ;? show of Force. It tras not ?until
? the ooltsans oP atrikars, ~rhose :hanks had been ,swelled by the xorke:`s 1'ran -
tl Iforth _sir,d 4 South, were: approached by SED-.agitators that-.the.. damcgr~stri,-~
Gaon took on a political csharacter. The rrorkare' train Mien beoarte a ~ _
tss~pu~ar mot-ement; ?'the mobo s goal. thax- teas LefpsgerfiNilh~elmatraasa. until ?
:. ?~his tiae `apaeoMes ire scarcely a factor in .the demona~~ation:;;it ie prac- -
~~acsl lq certain than. at .this time no, strike canr~ni.ttee hpt~ been Formed
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'>~~.ey~ were, not led by~ l~rba ~rouns, ad' iustrial 7.eUr~.r ~ocsesea were due
?:~'~e inef~eatueltty of the police. 3t ~.s grob~b]:e that t2~~ ?aark~ csn` be
~~=~pesised b~ :a'~. refox~n. The ch#.ef z3tarest of ttie st,3riksrs :was the
:i.r~g of n~arme abed prices.; politics]. dernand~~ i~~s of ~scondarsr interest. It'
:tier demoa~sta~-scions. occur" it Wi.3.3. be ~ecseuse ai' '~..~rttih~r ' arrests of d+Mac~n-
. ;~~,xators or :because those dempnstre#.ora ~ wha ~rerE: i~gris.o~.ec: Iaave not basin
;~~7~~ased: The SED, the SSb, .the I~a`~+' and the FLk1 a.^e h~~eti by the pe?p].~t, but
~~3e oeaupatia~ f'orees ` ~ reapecteti sts s~bo~.s ?~' force 5 '~ There are ' no
:u?~33cations that'`t,~ie demonstrsetior~ w~~ .the reuault ~f actions guided fray
~x~tside +o#' Fast -t3er~ar~y.
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