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- cannon CIA - 50 USC 4039 Bastion 6 of the CIA Act of 1949 DocIdz31451798 CONIRCILS E EEUTAE i MO 5 i I No IONOER A OREAT ASSET TEE SOVIETS AND NEST GERMANN IS STRONG ENOUGH NOT TO RE OVERRUN NITROUT SOME MUST BE EELIEVES A REVOIT IN EAST GERMANY OSUID BE USED As A To mi INSLAVED PEOPLE IF THIS WILL SPARE THEM OONTTNOOUS CONFRONTATION RITE ESE U S TEE SOVIETUNION BUT WOULD GUARANTEE THE STATUS SUD IN EASTERN EUROPE NOULD ALSO BE ADVAN- TO TEE USSR 1 7 TEE YOUNG TURKS BELIEVE SHOULD OREATE A GERMAN BEICHE NOT JUST AN ENLARGED NEST GELRMANR TEEN AGREE THAT NECESSARY SERENSTE MUST FIRST RE UP SEEN THIS IS AOETENED EONENER NEGOTI- ATIODS WITH THE SOVIETS SHOULD BE UNDERTAITN WITH AN OFFER TO DISSOLVE NATO ZEN EAOHANOE FOB TEEN BELIEVE BEIATIONE WITH THE SATELLITES SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THESE OPPOSITION TO I REUNIFICATION AND THAT DADGE-SCAIE ECONOMIC PROGRAMS SHOULD BE INITIATED INITHE FORM OP AN EASTERN EUROPEAN DEVEIOPMENT PLAN I _l 8 THE WESTERN - POWERS CANNOT BE RELIED ON '10 ELF ESTABLISH A GERMANY ANY BECAUSE THE WESEIERN POWERS ARE NOT SUETICIENTLY UNLESS A GERMANY WOULD IMPROVE THEIR OWN POSITIONS PROPOSALS FOR A GERMANY WHICH WOULD STRENGTHEN THE WESTERN POSITION ARE '10 THE SOVIET UNION 9 DIFFERENCES EKIST OONOERNJEO TEE TUETAEIE AND STEPS TO BE TAKEN CLASSIFICATION - 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