SECRET 5. At the height of the disturbances the Russians may have been genuinely fearful of Western intentions. At any rate they mistrusted the capacity of Western Commandants to maintain order in West Berlin, for Soviet forces near the sector boundary were deployed in defensive position against the West. 6. The East German Government displayed hesitance and incompetence throughout. The demonstrators showed resilience, restraint, a surprising capacity for emergency organisation so far as is known there was no skeleton leadership before the trouble started and above all a remarkable solidarity.
- Collection ID
- CAB158
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- East Germany Germany Soviet Union
- Document Reference
- CAB 158/16/8
- Document Types
- Memorandum Report
- File Reference
- CAB 158/16
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab158.0016.008
- Keywords
- Occupied Germany Zones Of Occupation Civil Unrest Political Dissent Industry Soviet Foreign Policy German Government German Politics Soviet Satellite States Soviet-occupied Europe Eastern Bloc Refugees Politics Soviet Army
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Central Intelligence Agency Chiefs of Staff Joint Intelligence Committee (Germany) Joint Intelligence Staff Ministry of Defence Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 12
- Persons Discussed
- Valentine Boucher Anthony Buzzard Patrick Dean Francis Fressanges Eric Searight John Sinclair Josef Stalin Kenneth Strong Dick White
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- International Relations
