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...without talks. Adenauer sees clearly that such talks will not end in reunification, but in recognition of the "two Germanys." Grudgingly, the old man dispatched a reply to Moscow's latest note, conceding for the first time that the status of reunified Germany might be discussed before free, all-German elections are held...
...west (40%) diocese as stimulating as a spur of the Alps. He has battled incessantly against the "youth dedication" ceremonies the Communists have been trying to substitute for Christian confirmation, and against the growing antichurch pressure of the East German regime. Last summer he played host at an all-German Katholikentag, which brought some 150,000 Catholics from both sides of the barrier together in West Berlin's Olympic Stadium. At the closing ceremonies he shouted his farewell message: "We will stay together...
Worried by the discovery that only 9% of the refugees who fled from Communist East Germany (over 18,000 last month) had to leave for political reasons, the West German Ministry for All-German Affairs made a detailed poll of refugee political convictions. Of the workers polled (all of whom had been employed in Communist state-run industries), 22% were still outspoken in support of Communist policy; 25% criticized some aspects of the Communist Party line and defended others; 17% were in favor of state ownership of all means of production; 25% supported "moderate" nationalization. And only 8% were...
...West recognizes that Bonn's signature cannot bind a united Germany, but expects that a reunited Germany would prefer to join the West. If it does, both Britain and France are ready to "take account of the legitimate needs of Soviet security," even possibly to guarantee that an all-German army should be no larger than West Germany's proposed twelve divisions. The U.S. is considering an arrangement by which the Western half of a reunited Germany would remain armed inside NATO while the present Soviet zone would be demilitarized, except for a radar fence...
...This will be followed by all-German elections, with special provisions to keep "antidemocratic elements" off the ballot, and outlawing of "Fascist, militaristic and other organizations which are hostile to democracy." In the Soviet definition, almost anyone, including Catholics, Lutherans, Conservatives and Socialists can be "hostile to democracy...