SED MEASURES AGAINST WESTERN GERMAN PROPAGANDA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2000
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• Publication Date: October 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Germany
SUBJECT SED Measures Against Western
German Propaganda
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lT At a meeting of the SKI) Zentralsekretariat, Hermann Axen, chief of the mass
agitation department in the SED Zentralvorstand, voiced a warning against
over-confidence concerning the outcome of the October elections. Axon stated
thatthe expectation of an automatic victory in the election contest on the
part of many comrades was dangerous. He admitted that Western propaganda
aimed at the FDJ Wh1tsun rally had had effects upon parents as well as
juveniles in the Soviet Zone of Germany, and added that it should now be
expected that during the coming weeks Western propaganda will be intensified
considerably. Accordingly Axen called for intensified vigilance against
followers of Anglo-American war propaganda in the Soviet Zone of Germany.
He said that a solid defensives front must be established by welding together
the organs of the People?s Police, the State Security Service, the State
People's Controls and SED cadres.
2. Axon emphasized that mere formal consent by the CDU and LDP to the joint elec-
tion ticket was not sufficient to insure victory. Functionaries of these par-
ties must be watched constantly to safeguard against surprise attacks which
might come from their midst.
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