THE CHINESE COMMUNIST IMPACT ON EAST GERMANY
A Clasified US Intelligence Working Paper....
The East German leadership has demonstrated i n its public
statements a much greater respect for Mao, personally and
f o r Mao'sthought than have the Russians. While Moscow seems
t o make a low evaluation of the ideological aspects of the Chinese
"general line" of socialist construction, the East German
party (SED) leaders seem t o have genuine admiration f o r the
way in which they believe the Chinese Communist party (CCP)has
engendered throughout its party and populace a dynamic socialist
spirit which they themselves have been seeking to cultivate
in East Germany. The East Germans believe there is much in
the Chinese Communist program, Chinese methods of mass mobilization,
and the Chinese manipulation of ideology that can be
adapted t o local use.
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