“d. This sort of harassment stopped in the spring of 1962 when Soviet leaders became convinced that the US was interested in a serious discussion of a Berlin settle ment. Moscow may hope that the threat of more of this sort of har assment will jog the US into talks on Be”
“b. This is an earnest of the desire of moderate Baathist leaders in Damascus to preserve workable re lations with Iraq, partly as a counterbalance to Cairo and partly to preserve what remains of Baathist influence in Baghdad. c. Intercepts show at least some Syrian troop”
“00000 d. This sort of harassment stopped in the spring of 1962 when Soviet leaders became convinced that the US was interested in a serious discussion of a Berlin settle ment. Moscow may hope that the threat of more of this sort of har assment will jog the US into talk”
“three erstwhile constituent territories. (Published sep- arately as Special Report SC No. 00624/63A)---- ------------ AREA NOTE 10 Saudi Arabia EUROPE THE COMMON MARKET CRISIS____________________ __________ ______ 11 Agreements reached on agricultural policy on 23 De- ce”
“b. His party does not have a parliamentary majority, so he needs support from either Karamanlis’ party on the right or from the Com munists. The military has apparently been pressing Karamanlis to withhold that support. He does not need much urging. c. The military has a”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR Asia-Africa AREA NOTE __ Saudi Arabia: Crown Prince were variously reported to have ( Faysal appears to ha ve weathered been the new budget, which cuts his latest dispute with King funds allotted to the royal| Saud without making any conces- fam”
“13-00000 -2 - 26 ISRAEL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE 27 I SRAEL 28 AFRICAN FORUM 29 AFRICA REPORT 30 KENYATTA 31 MOBUTU 32 RHODESIA 33 RHODESIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE 34 SOUTH AFRICA 35 SOUTH AFRICAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE 36 WILLY BRANDT 37 CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS, 1 GERMANY 38”
“that the tranquillity. - oth.t country. from France, Germany, Belgium, roadside teri at F’anmunjon this It was not clear from where the Weshington-and the rest of the Italy and Luxembourg.-. weck swept a gust of accord. Unit- other might use the Mitt fer cease fire order h:ke”
“13-00000• rTOP SECRET DINAR C CONTENTS (Information as of 1200 EST, 26 December 1963) THE COMMUNIST WORLD Page SOVIETTRADE ACTIV ITY IN. THEINDUSTRIAL WEST 1 Within a week after the central committee approved : Khrushchev's plan for the chemical industry, Soviet [ trade”
“13-00000 b. His party does not have a , parliamentary majority, so he needs i support from either Karamanlis’‘ party on the right or from the Com- I munists. The military has apparently ‘ been pressing Karamanlis to withhold :that support. He does not need much ;urging. ”
“c. Now the Peasant Party, one of the three in the coalition, has voted to pull out, and probably will do so as soon as Inonu gets back from Washington. Another partner, the Turkey Party, has wanted to pull out, and apparently has stayed in only because of pressure from the”
“move to Bonn. ing on the expectation that most In so doing he would have to West Germans, like the Berliners, operate at a distance from his will approve his action. He political bastion. has even hinted that there may be further negotiations with the Whatever Brandt decides”
“13-00000 5. Yemen a. Military activity has slackened but the stalemate continues. b. Egypt still has about 32,000 troops in Yemen, and Saudi Crown Prince Faysal believes Nasir will not withdraw any significant number of them before 4 January when the extension of the dis”
“’shorter version is said to be complete in substance and is the version which was made available to West German Cabinet members in preparation for Cabinet discussion of whether the NPD should be banned, The longer, two-volume version has not been obtained. 2. Appraisal of th”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR ! Asia-Africa CYPRUS DISPUTE FLARES AGAIN “Fighting between theGreek ---- In the face of-these de and Turkish Cypriot communities > velopments, the Turkish Govern which began on 21 December and ment threatened to exercise its was continuing on ”
“inflationary pressures and will probably force Benediktsson to take ex All but the French agreed traordinary measures to maintain that the alliance should explore economic stability. For polit possibilities of negotiating ical reasons he will try to avoid with the Soviets”
“leadership. The outcome as the Bavarian Party. The total of recent state elections, how extremist vote,’ however, has in ever, tends to confirm that the creased very little since the overwhelming majority of German establishment of the NPD. Es- voters continues to prefer th”
“13-00000 d. Nasir, with some 30,000 troops in the Yemen, has grudgingly promised to pull out 5,000 before the end of the year. So far there has been no sign he is preparing to do so. . e. So far as we can tell. Faysal has kept to his promise not to supply the Royalists ”
“1 4-00000 Secret Ne Foreign Dissem Ve A wisy 88 TRA, N3O V 8 wt 65 © DIRECTORATE .OF INTELLIGENCE The National Democratic Party in West Germany Special Report WEEKLY REVIEW Secret N' 310 9 June 1967 SC Na 00773/67B”
“13-00000 - ma m end Come RES d. The coup group has not thrown all Baathists out of the government; there are party members in the new cabinet.. e. Syrian Baathists have wel comed this retention of their Iraqi brothers. Their attitude springs CIB, 21000 from the recogni”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR (T Europe AREA NOTES NATO: The NATO ministe-: Iceland’s near general rial meeting in Paris, which strike was settled on 21 Decem- ended on 17 December, avoided .ber when labor and management serious discussion of the more agreed to a 25-percent ”
“he was an active Nazi. -He seems trade union and normally SPD to model himself more on De voters to go to the polls.. Gaulle than on Hitler. The Baden-Wuerttemberg leader of the In traditionally socialist party, Wilhelm Gutmann, is a Mannheim, only 58 percent of former Nazi.”
“b. A clandestine source identi fies Prime Minister Hafiz as the leading figure on the side of modera tion. General Umran heads the doc trinaire extremists. c. It was a split along the same lines that brought about the Baath Party’s fall from power in Iraq. 6. Italy a.”
“13-00000 ! c. Now the Peasant Party, one of the three in the coalition, has voted to pull out, and probably will do so as soon as Inonu gets back from Washington. Another partner, the Turkey Party, has wanted to pull out, and apparently has stayed in only - because of ”
“direction and attracting left- than in Baden-Wuerttemberg, A liberal support. In the Stuttgart change from proportional rep- district where he was a candidate, resentation to single-member - the party vote rose by 6 percent. constituencies, which might have On the other hand,”
“1,4-00000 SECRET . to the Free Democratic Party, : cent in another. The percentage- which has assumed the role of of NPD, strength rose to 12.1, - respectable opposition. The 10.9, and 11.2 in the three city connection between this left-‘ districts, but working class . - ”
“4-00000 Intelligence Information Report This moter-ol consslat information offering the National Defense of the United States within the meonieg of the Eiruonage lews 1a:e 10. US C.. Sore. "- ond 794, the transmission or revolution of which l ony 193 ‘ .—-un monner to an ”
“suspicion and of lives. many I. N. prisoners the enemy GERMANY’S SOVEREIGNTY European army idea into promt- tension now an much a part of nence ina ad effort to head off buy And what of the final settle- is holding is not known since East-West relationships. independent Germa”
“14-00000 , SECRET official weekly, Deutsche include foreign interests and cul- Nachrichten. Doth were active • ture which undermine old values Nazis. .and "de-Germanize the fatherland." It attacks the renunciation by ■ Thielen's departure- clears those in powcr of what th”
“SECRET last fall in which it won 7.9 and the general public that it is the 7.4 percent of the vote and , spiritual spiritualheir heir Hitler’Na- Hitler's of of s Na- 'elected '8 and 15 deputies respec- tional Socialists. The party has atively. In Bavaria the NPD • sought’ ”
“14-00000 ,625, . SECRET NPPD Representation in West German States I5.8%.(4 beato) 23 April 67 - scHLISWiG Hot STIIN , HAMBE’R ■>. 0‘ as*** 8.8% j % (4 seats). 30 to seats) 2 March to LOWER / SAXONY 7% (10 seats) + June 67 NORTH RHINE WESIPHALIA 1 7.9% (8 s”
“of 8.9, the Baden- vote for the National Democratic Wuerttemberg results brought re Party would be lower than in newed cries of alarm over the Bremen. The two major West Ger dangers of neo-Nazism in the Fed man polling organizations had eral Republic. More important, predi”
“until next year.[ ket, and in the event of its j The agreement on a Kennedy breakup, to seek alternative ties with the Outer Seven. More Round position is likewise an ad over, while it may prove healthy vance for the community, but from that Bonn "stood up" to De Gaulle th”
“14-00000 SECRET low NPD vote. A postelection new and uncommitted votes. It. poll of1967 voters in Bremen is fortunate for the SPD leaders showed that, unlike the Hitler’s in Bonn that the annual party movement, the National- Democrats congress came before the Baden- do no”
“13-00000 r 1 L 1. I.L b. A clandestine source identi-: fies Prime Minister Hafiz as the 7 leading figure on the side of modera-/ tion. General Umran heads the doc-1 trinaire extremists. c. It was a split along the same lines that brought about the Baath Party’s fall f”
“1000 Intelligence Information Repo- TAle motorle) rontel info-mel n e"6t - of - Uing the Nawonn>* Definse ... United • the .... - States - . .- rhe whhtm -___ meosing • -6WB) of the tsoceage to , Satle 10,0$C Sect 3 793 c’t 294 the transmission or revelation ol which In”
“SECRET THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN WEST GERMANY .The poor showing of the ultranationalistic- National Democratic Party (NPD)in recent elections in several.West German states clearly disproves the • party's claim of providing an acceptable alternative to the policies a”
“feel themselves under- % paid and lacking in social acceptance. The BfV has contacted ’the security organizations of the Bundeswehr to under-- take a program of orientation to counter the influence of the NPD within the Bundeswehr. Headquarters Comment: CS-3.11/16288-66 fro”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR ( Europe THE COMMON MARKET CRISIS The Common Market appears to on farm products in the trade ne- have averted disaster for the sec gotiations--although an improvement? ond time in less than a year. The over the initial Mansholt propos-} eleventh”
“d. The coup group has not thrown all Baathists out of the government; there are party members in the new cabinet. e. Syrian Baathists have wel comed this retention of their Iraqi brothers. Their attitude springs from the recognition that the Baath in Syria cannot stay afloat wi”
“again by an East is reached within thirty days on outstanding agenda ttems. tr the plenary session, when the cease But now there was a new point Ferderal Republic with its huge German invitation to West Ger- agreement is forthcoming the fire line was ratified. Admiral of frict”
“13-00000 ■ r- • - r- L. ... 1. Iraq-Syria a. The shaky new accommodation between the two countries following the recent coup in Iraq has been threatened by Syria’s action in grant ing asylum to Ali Saleh Saadi, the exiled leader of the extremist wing of the Iraqi Baat”
“economic and where there had been two stu foreign policies, and although dent riots, the NPD only attained the coalition in Baden-Wuerttem 9 percent. Some voters may have berg has generally functioned been influenced by student dem :well, dissatisfaction undoubtedly onstr”
“14-00000 • 6 Secret No Foreign Dissem (LLIC. /N %. cosarsesite Z DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY Special Report . West Germany’s National Democrats and the Grand Coalition Secret N2 919 31 May 1968 No. 0022/68A”
“13-00000 TOP SECRET DINAR The Communist World \however, when Peiping loudly__ Such secrecy may well be prompted repudiated Fedorenko's statement by security considerations. Chi- and accused the Soviets of using nese officials were apparently, the issue as a pretext for op”
“voters in Berlin and enhance NPD chances during the 1971 Berlin communal elections. Berlin is planning to send volunteer workers to campaign for the NPD in West Germany, especially in North Rhine-Westphalia, the NPD strong hold. End of Summary, * s 1. (Field Comment: In Oc”
“Ministry • lot in present-day Germany. notes the parallels in political outlook and philosophy between Basic Characteristics and the NPD and the Nazis, and main Sources ot Support tains that the party's activities "approach" unconstitutionality. In spite of its direct In t”
“inhibiting a recurrence, the Weimar precedent Bonn and Weimar itself must influence SPD leaders in Bonn. They are completely Many misleading analogies committed personally to the pres have been drawn .between the Bonn ent coalition. A decision to and Weimar republics. One ”
“T ***************--*******-*****-**-----------*----------------"- - " - - | ’ JUNE 8, 1974. . Ml 65 19 which, after some initial successes, took cover in the joyed derogations of the sub-men, by name: the Slavs, hardly inhospitable Christian Democratic and Chris the Jews, t”
“14-00000 SECRET PARTIES IN ably lower than elsewhere in BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG • Germany. The hotbeds of Nazism lay in other regions, for ex-. ample in Franconia, East Prussia, ; 127 Seats 6/20 1968 ‘ and Schleswig-Holstein.' The economic and social pic ture in Baden-Wu”