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Document Title	Situation in East Germany
Reference	CAB 158/16
Document Date	17 August 1953
Conflicts	Cold War
Themes	Foreign Policy and International Relations
Regions	Europe
Countries	Austria, Austria-Hungary, East Germany, Germany, Hungary, USSR, West Germany
Document Type	Memoranda, Reports
Organisations	Chiefs of Staff, Joint Intelligence Staff, Ministry of Defence, Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
People	Valentine Boucher, Patrick Dean, Francis Fressanges, Eric Searight, Kenneth Strong

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occupied Germany, Soviet satellite states, civil unrest, German government, politics, German politics, economy, German army, military dispositions, Soviet army, Soviet foreign policy, zones of occupation, police, manpower, defence, prisoners of war, reparations, occupation arrangements, finances, German air force, air power, military strength, communism

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