A file containing documents concerning East German domestic politics. The file includes a discussion of East German public opinion on the East German government; a report on developments in East German politics, prepared by the British military government in West Berlin; a note announcing the resignation of the East German deputy prime minister; a discussion of East German reactions to the Prague Spring; a review of the third plenum of the Social Democratic Party of East Germany; and a note about the 150th anniversary celebrations of Karl Marx's birthday in East Berlin. Other documents include a discussion of a proposal by Walter Ulbricht, the leader of East Germany, to draft a new national constitution; the draft text of the proposed constitution; a note about the reactions of East German Catholic and Evangelical bishops to the new constitution; and a discussion of East German propaganda about the rise of neo-Nazism in West Germany.
- Collection ID
- FCO33
- Copyright
- Content from The Yorkshire Post © The Yorkshire Post. Content from The Yorkshire Post © The Yorkshire Post.
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia West Germany
- Department Reference
- RGS 1/5 PART B
- Document Type
- Correspondence Legal and Treaty Material Press and Media Reports
- File Reference
- FCO 33/215
- Identifier
- 10.1080/cwee.fco33.000215
- Note
- The following items have been removed from this file due to copyright restrictions: The Economist, 10 February 1968, There's nobody here but socialists; The Economist, 22 March 1968, East Germany: Students without hope; The Times, 24 July 1967, East Germans hope to end isolation.
- Pages
- 213
- Persons Discussed
- Willy Brandt Alexander Dubček Robert Havemann Karl Marx Antonín Novotný Walter Ulbricht
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Subject Countries
- East Germany
- Themes
- Domestic Politics International Relations
