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...Germany's Russian zone, voters were nominally electing a slate of municipal officials. Actually, they were voting for or against the spread of Communist influence through the Russian-sponsored SED (Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands-Socialist Unity Party of Germany) and deepening domination by the Russian occupiers...
Besides such direct aids, the SED's entire campaign oozes with the theme: "If the SED wins, the Russians will reward you; if the SED loses, life will be terrible...
Peace Bait & War Threat. Whispered predictions of what will happen if the SED loses include: further dismantling and removal of German industries to Russia, reduced food rations, even worse economic conditions and heavier reparations, and still stricter control by the Soviet occupation authorities. The crassest of whispered slogans is: "If you want peace, vote for the SED. If you want war vote...
...Germans opposing the SED the entire spectacle seems like a re-run of a show they've seen many times. "Now it's the red front instead of the brown front," these Germans remark cynically...
...attract the rest of Germany's and the world's attention to the situation in the Russian zone. Germans voting in the zonal elections actually won't be electing councilmen as much as they will be registering their decision on overall Weltanschauung. . . . If they vote SED, they approve the Soviet system; if they vote CDU or LDP, they endorse Western democracy...